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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is all I can say about that issue of Equity Bank. I was happy to hear that the Government intends to recruit up to 25,000 police officers in this country in the next few years. I want to urge that when a police officer is recruited in Ikolomani - just one - it completely changes the earnings and economic status of the family that he comes from. It is, therefore, very important that we stop pretending that when we allow little boys and girls to go running at recruitment centres, that equity can be achieved. Time has come for us to take full advantage of the Constituency Development Committee, so that we can identify for them the men and women who meet the minimum requirements of a police officer; the height, education level, he or she has two eyes and in a survey, he does not have to be handsome. Each Constituency Development Committee can actually identify an equal number of boys and girls from their constituency so that each constituency gets equity. Otherwise, we should stop pretending that we want to stop corruption. I have a confession to make. I struggled like all the hon. Members in this House and managed to get an orphan girl who had attained mean grade \"C\" to join the Administration Police. But after three weeks, the poor girl was chased away alongside the ones who had gone there corruptly. If by me fighting for an orphaned girl who got a mean grade \"C\" to be recruited in the Administration Police is corruption, then what is my role as an elected Member of Parliament if I cannot afford to do that?"
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