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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Edith Nyenze",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to share my views on the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.23 of 2024). Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate our colleague, Hon. Masara, for this good Bill. It aims to strengthen what we already have, especially regarding the mandate of the National Police Service Commission to address the mental health and wellbeing of police officers. This Bill seeks to establish psychosocial units and programs that aim to promote the mental health and wellbeing of police officers. The Bill is trying to insert a clause in 12(a), which requires the Police Commission to provide police officers with mental health services. It also requires the Commission to establish well-equipped centers in offices, camps, training colleges, and communities for police officers to receive psychosocial services. Apart from that, our police officers do a lot of work. They are exposed to harsh environments that they have not been trained in. They are also badly exposed in the social media era. Apart from creating those centres, we also need to improve their emoluments. Their salaries are very low. They stay in dilapidated houses. Even though we have talked about those The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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