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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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        "id": 13592,
        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to also contribute briefly on three very critical issues that I hold dearly. I will first start with Sen. Mumma o the issue of our football. Hon. Osotsi has clearly put it out. However, my interpretation is that the problem with our football is not that we have people who never played football engaging in it. The problem with our football is simply money. The football management and people running our football are corrupt. Betting has joined the cartel. We are now punishing our young men and women. I hope this House will take its responsibility to make sure that we clean up this football thing we keep on talking about; it is about big money. The second issue is about the matter that happened in Mombasa. The security operators in this country leave a lot to be desired. We understand the challenges they face. There are wonderful things that I have always heard. If you sit in our committees, you will hear those officers talk. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I plead with this House and the National Assembly that we do not give the police officers little money. If you go to the head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and talk to him, he will shock you because the budget they get per year is something like Kshs8 billion in totality. The investigating department, the data collection and all the forensic labs and equipment that are supposed to service the DCI are inept. If you look at the 47 counties, we probably only have two forensic entities for the whole Republic. Every county is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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