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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me a chance to contribute to the noble Statement that has been brought to the Floor by the Senator for Kirinyaga County, Sen. (Dr.) Murango. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we talk about the establishment of more police stations, posts and patrol bases in Kirinyaga County, it is only important that the Committee considers equity across the country. This is because the noble service that police officers provide to Kenyans is needed across the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we establish these police posts, let us also think about the welfare and salary of the police officers. There has been a challenge with salaries for the police, especially for police officers who have gone for further studies. The world over, we encourage our young people to go for further studies. However, in other disciplines, you find that once the professionals have furthered their studies, their employers upgrade their salaries. However, this has not been happening with the National Police Service. We have heard a lot of cry from police officers who have studied and achieved university education. People acquire education to enhance their performance, skills and understanding of the work that they do. However, in the police service, once police officers struggle to go for further studies, they come back to their stations and they are neither upgraded nor is their salary increased. It looks like we are not motivating our police officers once they go for further studies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the welfare of the general police officers, in terms of their housing, a few of them live in a bit of comfort. However, if you travel across this country, you will be in tears because of the state of housing of some of the police posts that we have. We cannot expect an officer to secure you, your businesses and work place and then they go back to live in deplorable houses. As we address their housing and establishment of more police posts, the Government must ensure that the police officers are adequately housed and accorded the respect like other professions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me remind Kenyans of what we saw on Monday 20th March, 2023, when we had the demos that were called by Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition. The police were in the middle of the conflict. During the presser by Kenya Kwanza, I saw the expectation they had of police officers that they should do particular things to the demonstrators."
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