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    "id": 1105448,
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    "speaker_name": "Teso North, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
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        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": "results have been shown. I, therefore, beg to disagree with the insinuation that they have done nothing. It is true that they need to perform to our expectations. On the second one, the issue of police performance also has quite a lot to do with the environment in which they perform. One of the things we found during the Committee’s deliberations about two weeks ago was that a number of police officers are not facilitated. It will be up to this House to look at the budgeting, more so on the ground. If police stations do not have vehicles and police officers are unable to move to areas where there is action, it becomes a real problem. While we expect the police to perform as expected, we also need to ensure that the Ministries concerned, especially the Ministry of the Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, as well as this House, provide the resources necessary to ensure that they perform in a motivated manner. There have been several cases of suicide among the police that we have been examining in the last two weeks. This House allocated some funds to start some counselling centres because there have not been any. In the Budget for this financial year, funds for establishing two counselling centres have been provided. Going forward, we hope that those cases can be reduced because they are human beings. When they operate in difficult circumstances, we expect that psychosocial support to be available. I just wanted to add those comments. I agree with what Hon. Kigano indicated that there will be need to, perhaps, have the law on compensation made by this House, so that we provide for that avenue which is quicker and faster. Thank you."
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