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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I am happy that when I was the Chairperson at JLAC we really worked hard to produce a report on forced disappearances. When I went to Kwale, we had a hearing of many widows and I was shocked. Imagine being a widow at the age of 25, 26 or 30 years, after your husband is killed in unexplained circumstances. Who will take care of these widows that we are leaving behind after their husbands are killed? It is unfair to them and to their children. I want the Committee of National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations to take note and come up with proposals. In fact, any person who kills another Kenyan must suffer capital punishment through a legal process as a deterrent. Finally, is on police salaries and remuneration. Although, this matter ended up in court, some police officers in the service and out of their industrious nature when they were on leave or off duty had gone to school to acquire diplomas and degrees, including masters. I have met police officers who have doctorate degrees. I saw when they were recruiting the other day they said “D” was their material which is okay. We understand the reason but there are police officers who have worked hard and got more papers. The National Police Service had given them better salaries, emoluments and allowances. The other day the Inspector-General of Police decided to remove all those extra allowances that had already been awarded. Some of them had already taken loans. For us we take mortgage here. You can imagine if you have taken a mortgage and the employer, the Parliamentary Service Commission tells you that your salary will be halved. You can imagine the torment and the agony that many police officers undergo when the extra increment they had received because of their academic qualifications is removed. However, we are not saying that police officer should also not be learned. Madam Temporary Speaker, you are learned in this profession; the senior most. You remember the time when most State Counsels were Inspectors of police and most of the cases by the State were lost on technicalities. We need police officers who are also well learned and competent to allow the police to function properly. Therefore, I want to ask the Committee of National Security to relook at the issues of salaries, remunerations, allowances and uniform. The uniforms police are wearing now are like an outfit of some political coalition in this country. So, whenever we are in a political rally we always wonder are these members of your political formation or police officers. We will need to protest on the issue of police uniform and it must be looked into. I know Sen. Kwamboka would be happy because whenever they are in a rally and they see the blue uniform of the police she might imagine that they are their supporters yet they are police officers. As you know, her political party normally wears that colour."
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