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    "id": 1352984,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Therefore, it is not the intention of the law to convict every Kenyan. I know the police are doing a police operation order to restore sanity in Elgeyo-Marakwet, Baringo, Moyale, and Marsabit Counties among other areas. The fourth point is on the issue of admissibility. Let me collapse it into two. We need the Maraga Report. You heard what the Deputy President, Hon. Gachagua, said yesterday. I was with him in the same meeting. There will be at least a 40 per cent increment in the salaries and emoluments of the police. What we need to do is to ensure that our police are well remunerated. We do not have this. Our police will get good salaries. When I was arrested and taken to Bungoma Police Station, I could not imagine it was the workplace of somebody. The toilets are not functioning. The last coat of paint was put in 1952 during the state of emergency. The desk, the Occurrence Book (OB) and even the police housing--- I thank the President on the issue of affordable housing. I know he is very keen to include the police to ensure they get housing, so that they can have privacy. There are people here whose spouses work as policemen. In my local police station, you will get in a room where they are using bed sheets to separate the policemen. Where will they get privacy when they want to do what God gave them in the book Genesis, the business of baby-making? These are some issues that we need to reform in the police. The fifth point is on security roads. We need to ensure the roads in Baringo and Elgeyo-Marakwet--- I know Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kindiki had opened those roads, so that when police are chasing people up to Baragoi, the roads are accessible. I, therefore, emphasise on security roads. The advantage of having security roads is restricted tender. It does not become tedious. You just need to gazette and ensure the contractor is on site. Finally, as I conclude, I thank everyone who has contributed to this. I assure the country that the Senate is seized of the matter. I am aware that there is a small discomfort - I do not want to say major - from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives and the Ministry of Interior and National Administration about this Bill. Why are they uncomfortable now? It is one-and-a-half years since this Session began. Why would they become uncomfortable with this Bill? It means that they have been sleeping on the job. The business of this House is to legislate. That is what we are doing. We are making the law. So, if they have any proposal to this Bill, let them come and give amendments to the Committee. I am not saying that this is the best. Let them bring those amendments, so that we can look at them. That is how we can progress as a country. The Government and the President are committed to fighting banditry and cattle rustling. What we are doing as Parliament and Senate is to give the President and Ministry of Interior and National Administration ammunition to ensure anybody who steals cows or any other product we are talking about through robbery with violence is convicted for life. I conclude with the words of Ritchie Spice in the song called Gideon Boots. I am an ardent supporter of Reggae, although I do not consume the other thing that makes them high"
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