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    "id": 1340931,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1340931/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": "In addition, there have been sad reports of Kenya police officers falling victim when combating local criminal gangs in the country. There is need for the country to be assured that the Kenya Police is adequately suited to undertake the foreign mission in terms of technical preparedness and capabilities; knowledge of the Haitian terrain; and language and cultural awareness. It is also important that the nation at large and families of officers who will be selected to undertake the mission in Haiti be guaranteed that adequate measures have been put in place to mitigate casualties and to cushion families of the deployed officers from psychosocial trauma associated with the deployment, including the sad eventualities of losing their loved ones abroad. The Constitution envisages national security as the protection against internal and external threats to Kenya, territorial integrity and sovereignty, its people, their rights, freedom, property, peace, stability and prosperity, and other national interests. The country has been experiencing an increase in the number of insecurity cases in several parts of the country where hopeless Kenyans continue to bear the brunt of attacks by criminals and terrorist gangs. It is a concern because the Government ought to first assure security and its surplus before deploying to missions abroad. In fact, stabilising homeland security takes precedence over committing police officers abroad. Finally, I call on the Government to treat the deployment of Kenya police officers to the Republic of Haiti with an abundance of caution and exercise a well-calculated balance between national and global interests so as not to jeopardise national security. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is signed today, by the Member of Parliament for Mathare Constituency."
}