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    "id": 1143848,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo- Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank the Committee and at the outset say that one of the reasons I will support this nominee is she is a woman. I am saying so because I heard the Mover of the Motion saying that we should not just be appointing people because either they are women or youth. I want to indicate that constitutionally, that is a reason to actually appoint a person because she is a woman or youth or a PWD. Our Constitution is clear under Article 27. That, the State shall take every action including affirmative action measures to lift the standards and ensure equalisation for groups or persons who have been marginalised in the past. Such groups include, women, youth, persons with disabilities and persons in other areas that have been geographically and economically marginalised. Personally, I have no apologies supporting her because she is a woman. I am also glad that she will represent the National Police Service. We know that our police service is one of the areas that supports us very significantly. The police ensures that we have our security, but this is one sector that is usually not treated very kindly. As we speak, I wish I could read a message that was sent to me two days ago by a random police officer indicating to me what the Government has done. There is a case that was taken to court that was affecting graduate police officers. They had been awarded an increment and because the ones who graduated were not getting the same amount of money, the matter was taken to court and subsequent to that, the salaries of the ones who had been given before was deducted. So, he was calculating and giving me the cost of how much he buys cabbages, at Ksh250, how much he buys Ajabu Unga, how much his fare is and showing that now he has to leave his house because he will be evicted because he cannot pay rent. That is what is linked to the mental health we are talking about. If we are not able to take care of our police 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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