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    "id": 1403207,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403207/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Malava, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Malulu Injendi",
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    "content": "volunteer their lives. They know that if they serve to the end, to the age of 62 or 50, well and good. Otherwise, they are ready to die. When I look at the military personnel who may have time to travel by air, it could be a very small percentage. Most travel by roads in lorries. I would urge the new CDF to consider them. When I come to Nairobi from the western part of Kenya, for instance, I usually see military personnel in lorries travelling to whatever areas they are posted to. I keep wondering because I know that our Defence Forces have buses. Why do they not travel in comfort in buses? This is something we need to focus on. I have also lost quite a number of officers at the lowest level in the Forces. After they die, their children and wives remain in poverty and suffer throughout. It is something that the Forces can consider. These are persons who sign at entry into the Forces that they will serve and defend the country. When they pass on in the course of their duty, the Forces can consider taking care of their families. The former army officer, Hon. Waluke cited a situation where female officers in the Forces were not having time to even make love because of the kind of rules that were there. This is still happening in the Forces, but at a different level. The way the officers are living in the camps is a challenge for them to make love. They stay in groups. They stay in what we may call dormitories. They live in tents. Therefore, they do not have time to meet with their spouses and children. Those are persons that the country should treat with a lot of favour and honour because they have offered and sacrificed their lives to serve the country. As much as we want to give them priority in flight boarding, maybe, it is a moment for us to look at their salaries. When teachers have a problem with their salaries, they can go to the streets. Doctors are currently on the streets. They make their welfare known to the country and everyone empathises with them. However, those are people who never go to the streets or complain loudly anywhere. Sometimes, their lives are pathetic."
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