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IG nominee says paralysed force led to a breach of Parliament

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Douglas Kanja Kirocho, nominee for appointment to the position of Inspector-General of the National Police Service during the vetting process before the National Assembly Committee on Administration & Internal Security on August 15, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The police were unable to stop the breach of Parliament on July 25 this year because they were incapacitated, Inspector General of Police nominee Douglas Kanja yesterday revealed.

The infamous invasion of Parliament by protestors, the contested police deployment to Haiti, the incessant banditry and cattle rustling in the North Rift as well as the extra-judicial killings during the Gen Z protests confronted Kanja on his big day of vetting.

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