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"content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under the medical insurance scheme of the National Police Service (NPS), an officer who dies in the line of duty is entitled to a package that includes a one-off payment equivalent to eight years of gross salary. That also includes the funeral expenses. Therefore, those officers who die in the line of duty are well taken care of under the medical insurance scheme of the NPS. What we are working on now is to go further and establish a benevolent fund for the families of police officers who die in the line of duty. This is because some of our best and most sophisticated officers in terms of combating dangerous criminals are fairly young. They have been trained abroad; we train them young. We are going to graduate a few more next week. They have really helped us, but whenever they are unfortunately hurt by enemy fire, they leave very young families. Every second week of December every year, we commemorate the day when we respect our fallen officers. I made a commitment last year that this year, I will be making announcements on the benevolent fund. Other than compensation for families, it can help us to have a revolving fund. From the end of this year to early next year, we want to put up a place where the families, the children, and the spouses of the fallen heroes can access"
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