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    "id": 1193091,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I begin my contribution on this Motion, I would like to add my voice to the Kenyans who have congratulated Sen. Okenyuri Anyieni. We wish her well. I support the Motion of the nomination of the IG, Eng. Koome. My main reason is that he has been vetted by a capable Committee of the Senate. This is a Committee that we have high regard for. Since they have done due diligence and approved his nomination, I would like to support the Committee’s recommendation. As I support his nomination, he should take the reforms to the next level. My main prayer is that the IG looks at the welfare of the police officers. Welfare is wide. If you visit some of the stations that we have around the country, you will cry for our sons and daughters that join the NPS. As other Senators have indicated, we would like a NPS that is housed adequately and lives in dignity. These are our sons and daughters that have families. It is absurd that you go to a house belonging to an officer and find two families in it. One police officer goes for duty elsewhere for a number of days and leaves their spouse in the same room sharing a sitting room, kitchen and probably, other rooms that we may not say. This is unacceptable. Probably, this is the reason for negative energy amongst the police officers. As a mother, I am keen on the welfare of officers. We want to see them staying in decent houses and offices. You will be surprised by the offices in police stations in this country. In this century, police stations are still made of mabati. How then do our people view the custodians of our security, when they see they meet them in their offices for services? The new IG must look into this. My police station back in my sub-county is called Ndhiwa Police Station. It is a division of the late Assistant Minister for Internal Security, Hon. Joshua Orwa Ojode, who was called sirkal. He initiated the building of the new offices, but they have remained as they were since his death. As the IG takes office, I pray that he looks into that. Not only because Ndhiwa belongs to Kenya, but because this was the division of the late Assistant Minister for Internal Security."
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