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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Salat",
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        "legal_name": "Nick Kiptoo Korir Salat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I was saying, I urge the Minister to look into issues like sabotage within the forces. When we talk to police officers they do, sometimes, confide in us that they are not happy at the way promotions are being handed out. Some are overlooked when it is time for them to be promoted. This being an election year, as usual, it is very challenging for the security forces. I am very happy that the housing problems which have been persistent within the forces are going to be looked into in this Vote. I say this because the welfare of the police officers is also a contributing factor to fighting insecurity in the country. So, I urge the Minister to consider the welfare of police officers including even increasing their salaries. If the forces continue to be under-paid, the morale will be down. So, I urge the Minister to also look into the future and consider a salary increment for the police officers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, an issue which has been raised by hon. Members is the issue of Mungiki . I wonder how the Mungiki menace crept into this country. I have a case in point where police officers in my constituency and district have adopted a Mungiki style approach by demanding 2442 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 11, 2007 Kshs200 per day from all matatus operating within my district. So, I wonder where the Mungiki got this style of extortion. I do believe that there is something really wrong because we have over 200 vehicles operating as matatus . So, if each vehicle contributes Kshs200 per day, the extortion involved in this particular incidence by the police officers is one where we will find our people continuing not to respect the forces. I ask the Minister to look into the cases of police officers who have been stationed, for example, at Sotik and Bomet. We have police officers who have been there for over ten years. Those particular police officers are even qualified to be made village elders because they have over-stayed their welcome. I urge the Minister to look into police officers who have over-stayed in their respective stations so that they could be transferred. Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, a colleague also mentioned a case of police officers and their control of traffic within the Nairobi City and other cities. I do find that the police officers are more- -- They actually contribute more to the congestion and the traffic jams that we have in our cities. The cost of endless traffic jams to individuals is enormous. So, I urge the Minister to look into ways of de-congesting Nairobi City by taking our police officers to learn ways of controlling traffic instead of actually creating traffic jams. As I said yesterday, I do urge the Minister to continue and not to compromise with the security of Kenyans. He should deal with the menace caused by all the elements of gangs including"
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