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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Next on the list is the Member for Busia."
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"speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I, fully, support the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill. I applaud Hon. Peter Masara for drafting it. He has played with a full deck this time. We look up to our police officers for security. We depend on them to solve things that many of us would not even know how to, be it the President or a village elder. What guts me is that the police suffer in silence. They have been trained to persevere and endure a lot of pain in silence and yet, we forget that they are human beings. It is time we either sink or swim as a country when we are amending any law. This is so that we can make something viable that can work. If your son or daughter served in the same docket, how would you expect them to offer good services? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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"content": "Police officers who work in hardship areas appear thin and fit because of problems. They lack resources. If there was an emergency and you called the police, you would realise that their vehicles do not have fuel. There is this perception that they are unavailable, unwilling, or waiting for bribes to show up. But the truth is that the vehicle might be there but without fuel. They have to ask for fuel to show up. That must change. I do not think a passionate police officer who yearned and fought to be in the force would choose to just relax and wait for things to go bad. Police officers lack personal development. Being recruited to the Police Force because you are fit does not mean you are well-trained to understand security issues and policymaking. The National Police Service has various departments like gender and counseling that police officers have to work in whether they like it or not and yet, they need counseling themselves. They need to be trained now and then, be well-equipped, and celebrated. Those who perform well should be acknowledged. We hardly celebrate our police officers. We are full of complaints. Additionally, looking at their pay slips, you would realise they depend on loans. After the deductions, nothing is left on their pay slips. How do we expect them to handle any matter when they are stressed? We need to up our game on how we handle security issues. A stable nation has a beefed up security department in terms of equipment, knowledge and a happy workforce. Police officers are not well-paid and do not have hardship or transport allowances. I once went to Marsabit and Kajiado counties, and after police officers were done with their duties, they asked for a lift to take them to where they lived. That means they do not have a means of transport. They are barely surviving. Police officers should be looked after even after they retire. They must be well-taken care of until they die. They should be celebrated after their death - like people who died in the line of duty, and who served, risked, and endangered their lives while taking care of their nation."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Let us have the Member for Kitui West. Is she in the House? It seems she is not. Let us have the Member for Kisii. Go ahead."
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"speaker_name": "Kisii County, WDM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Dorice Donya",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support Hon. Masara for bringing this very important Bill. Security is like food. When there is peace, the country is happy. After I cleared high school, I visited my aunt, but I will not mention where she lived. Her husband was a police officer. I, honestly, did not like where they slept. The entire neighbourhood could hear any activity that would happen at my auntie's place. When I say ‘any activity’, you know what I mean. Yet, the children were sleeping in the same house. In the morning, the kids would ask…"
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " What is out of order, Hon. Baya?"
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"content": "(Laughter)"
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, activities have names. This is a House of proper records and specifics. Please tell us the ‘activities’ that happen in police officers' homes that cause people not to sleep."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " No! The Member has a choice of words to use. She has already said she did not like the situation. It would be worse if you ask her to describe the activities she mentioned. Hon. Donya, you have a choice. Proceed to argue your case the way you like it best."
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