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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of security, we need to do something in the police force. I, being a son of a policeman, would like to say that if you see the pay slip of a policeman, whether senior or junior, it is very discouraging. If a policeman takes home Kshs4,000 to Kshs7,000, how is he going to feed his family? How is he going to support his family? How do you expect him to work? When police officers do not have the right housing, how are they going to deliver proper services? As we talk about reforms in the police force, one of them should be the welfare of officers. The Budget of 2003 was Kshs256 billion. The salary of a Police Officer then was merely Kshs4,000. Today, the Budget is Kshs750 billion, three times more and the salary remains the same. The establishment of the police force is also small. We have a very small police force compared with the population of the country. If we are going to have a situation where"
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