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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also thank the Minister, in fact, the Assistant Minister, who is also a very good friend of mine, for having said those very good words. However, the Assistant Minister mentioned hospitals being constructed for the police force. But how about the policemen who are working in Migori and Kacheliba? Will they also be ferried when they are sick to go and be treated in Embakasi? No! It is important for the Minister to provide a medical allowance and life insurance. The reason why I am pleading with the Minister is because of the situation which they are in. I will give you one example. I think yesterday, or the day before, a traffic police officer went to the middle of the highway and stopped a matatu and those who had boarded it disembarked. That matatu was then taken to the police headquarters. If a matatu is taken to the police headquarters, its owners have to part with Kshs5,000, because they are told: \"If we take you to court, you will have to pay a fine of Kshs8,000!\" That, in itself, is extortion. Why? Because they are not getting good allowances. My friend, the Minister, is saying: \"Oh, we got these fellows earning Kshs4,690 and then we doubled their salary\". He is proud to say that the salary of a policeman was doubled from Kshs4,690 to Kshs9,600 or to Kshs13,200. That is the money the Minister uses for a drink in a night, yet he is saying that he is proud. How? We need policemen to be independent! The police force should be independent, because there is a lot of political interference. As we speak, why 2590 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 18, 2007 should the Minister in charge of security have a chase car, with eight policemen? What is wrong with him? Why? If he is a criminal, he should say so! That shows that there is a lot of insecurity in the country!"
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