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    "speaker_name": "Suna West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Masara",
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    "content": "suggested that we start at the county level. The centres can be introduced in every divisional headquarter progressively. Eventually, if possible, at every police station. The Report by the mental health taskforce of 2020 indicates presentation of various psychological trauma stress disorders. They represent various disorders and deviancies like assault at 14 per cent, murder at 30 per cent, suicide at 90 per cent and homicide at 17 per cent. Such a Report is worrying. Therefore, I ask Members of the august House to be remembered for fast-tracking such important Bills to be enacted into law. We would have helped our men and women in uniform even if we have left this House. I was so saddened when a very good police officer at Oruba Police Station, just a few metres from my home, committed suicide sometime last year because of a stressful life. We make many losses to the family when we lose one officer. The wife becomes a widow. The children become orphans. We use extra money to train and recruit other officers. We subject the families of the deceased officers to several issues after such deaths because benefits take ages to be paid. I know many police officers from my constituency who died a long time ago and the wife and children cannot access their benefits. This Bill needs enactment like yesterday to avoid such a situation. I appreciate all stakeholders. When proceeding to the Third Reading of the Bill, I encourage Members to read the Report by the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs that Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo leads. He really supported me. The entire Committee and all stakeholders in the meeting where I gave my views recommended that this Bill be enacted. I appreciate the offices of the Clerk and the Speaker, the legal teams, all my colleagues, my friends and those who contributed in one way or another to ensure that this Bill reaches where it is today. I appreciate their support. I got calls from many police officers. I do not even know where they got my number from. But they are appreciating the contents of this Bill. Therefore, I request the House Business Committee to prioritise this Bill so that it can go to the next level. Before the end of the next budget cycle, we should have the Act so that NPSC is given the mandate to allocate money based on the law, not on the goodwill of those who are in office. I agree that we can enrich this Bill so that it benefits the targeted group. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, and may God bless you. I acquired the ‘Doctor’ title and so, in future, when you are inviting me to most occasions, kindly add it. It is not something which can be taken for granted. Those who honoured me with the title will be very happy if it is included in my identification. Thank you."
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