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    "id": 1021517,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1021517/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rachael Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
        "slug": "richard-ken-chonga-kiti"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Chair for ably responding to that matter. I want to state that, as a country, we focus so much on professionalism, accountability, responsiveness, discipline and hard stuff; that, police officers should have firearms, food, water and everything they need. I want to agree with my colleague that we are leaving out something. When we talk about police reforms, we must focus on the police officers. In this case, I am referring to the mental health of police officers. Are they prepared before they go to war or combat? Are they taken through what they should expect out there? Is there a department that waits for them to come back from war and prepare them before they join their families? This will be relevant to officers who go to serve in war zones for, say, a year. We have seen cases of murder and suicide once such officers come back. This could be because of what they experience out there and the fact that they are not properly prepared to join the community. I want to state that this is an important matter for the Committee. They should not just focus on hard stuff and being tough on police officers, requiring them to be good to Kenyans. The country must realise that police officers are people who need proper counselling before and after combat so that as they come back to the community, they can cope. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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