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    "id": 1522439,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
        "slug": "richard-ken-chonga-kiti"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. In the interest of time, we need to provide money for the police officers. We need to ensure that the camps are properly equipped not only with the equipment that is required for relaxation, but also the human resource that is needed to give them the training that they need. We should also ensure that there is a proper link between the police officers and community. I hope that beyond this Bill, we can even have an open day for our police officers within our sub-counties and counties where they make use of the money. We hope it will not only be provided for by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, but also, we would like a budget line to be provided so that we can support them and ensure that money is provided for them. I would also like to see a situation where their retirement is properly planned. They should not be worried because they work in far-flung places, and when they come home, they are not even sure of their benefits. When we take care of the police officers, we will ensure that their families and children are taken care of and the community's well-being is good. I would like to give an example of a young man from my constituency who lost his job. I have written back and forth letters to the Inspector-General of Police. He was serving as a police officer, and went back home and found that his wife was not at home, and his family had disintegrated. Because of that, he started drinking. I believe that what happened to him was not fair because this is a sick man who is drinking alcohol out of frustrations. We need to be careful with disciplining police officers which I can see is part of this Bill. They should not be punished so harshly, without establishing the reason they have become indisciplined. We need to look at the issue of police officers who drink alcohol. Some of them do it because of a situation that they find themselves in. I support this Bill fully. I hope it will be passed by this House, so that we can provide the camps that are needed and take care of the mental health of our police officers. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute."
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