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    "content": "power machine guns? Can he confront him with a walking stick or whistle? It is very difficult. It is, therefore, important for us who condemn the issue of extrajudicial killings to emphasize to the police to reform their training and equip the youth better with teargas, rubber bullets and all those modern techniques of fighting crime. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you go to the bank you will see somebody guarding money with a rungu. The person who goes and breaks into the bank will never come with a rungu. Maybe the time has come for us to pass a law to ensure that all security guards in banks are armed with AK47 rifles. We should pass our law where all our assistant chiefs and chiefs will be given firearms to fight crime because these people are not joking. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the young people who died at Westgate have all been forgotten now. There are those who died in Somalia and are still dying, facing the AlShabaab. They are protecting us. A case in hand that will persuade you is in Kakamega. There is a young Luo girl called Ms. Doreen who works with NTV. She got married and soon after the husband was posted to Somalia. He did not last there for more than a week. He lost his life. When she heard what happened, she collapsed. Sometimes you see her with a camera and the esteem, beauty and bounce that was in the young girl is gone. All that she was given was a nice speech from the Commissioner of Police and a 21-gun salute and the people walked away. We can do more. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know of a case of the late Major Ong’ayo, who was a friend of Moses Wetangula. In fact, they were agemates. They went to the stream at the same time for circumcision. Major Ong’ayo lost his life in Bosnia and left a young wife, Marsela. Madam Marsela has struggled with the children of Major Ong’ayo. He had brilliant sons and daughters. Despite the exemplary duty that Major Ong’ayo gave this country, the State does not remember his family that has been struggling and living on a pittance. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is the time for us to think hard and long, especially those at the national Treasury. We need to see how best we can create a fund that would be managed deliberately for this purpose. Our systems here, in financial terms are quite solid. We cannot compare ourselves with other African countries. I am sure that with an authority like the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) in place, there would be no risk that this money would face. We would be able to manage these funds, identify the beneficiaries and make sure that people are brave when they join the armed forces. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I beg to second."
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