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    "id": 1021531,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have listened to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security and I think the information is adequate. However, I agree with Members who have suggested that, like KDF, the police should have a memorial hospital. The Kenya National Police have many training institutions, for example, Kiganjo, Utawala, Magadi and Western. If some of the psychosocial clinics can be established in these colleges, there will be peace. When members of the Police Force fall victims, they can be taken there. It will be cheaper to introduce them because there is existing infrastructure. Policemen, unlike KDF, are within the populace. Obviously, we have seen some transition from the time the Police Force became Police Service; there is some change. However, I agree with Members that we are not doing it traditionally with most of our police trainees. Before, police men were born and not made. Today, we see young men from well to do families who have been brought up in towns joining the force. When they are exposed to, for example, North Eastern, they break down. That is why we are supposed to introduce some background checks if we want the police to be a service. If you have a child born in Nairobi and another in North Eastern, the one born in North Eastern will be hardy when it comes to police service delivery. So, if we have the ones we call “town boys” and the “ushago boys” we can categorise them. By doing that, it will mean that they will be deployed to areas they are comfortable. Otherwise, the generation we have today will look like they are being punished when they are sent there. The Committee should check on those balances so that we can have a commendable and responsible Police Force with little mental problems. 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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