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    "id": 420536,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 330,
        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the Mover of this Motion. I am very sure he thought very deeply so that he could come up with something which is so important for this nation. This Motion is so important that it is urging the national Government to provide education for the children who are left without fathers as a result of death in the line of duty. This matter has been there for a very long time although the Government has tried looking at the past. The Government has tried to do something under Cap.189 of the Penal Code. They have directed how much should be paid to the families of the deceased. They have explained how it should happen, but I think that is not enough. Sometimes we find it very difficult to repeat ourselves while talking about the security of this country. Last week we did nothing, but talk about security. Today it is again security. Therefore, security is a very serious matter affecting this nation which must be viewed by this Government the way everybody views it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the morale and loyalty of our people, including the workers and the police force can only be raised if they know their family is protected or secure when they are dead. I do not know which country just let its officers go and die without care. No one is ready to go and die because he is following mheshimiwa’s cattle which have been stolen by armed gangsters. So, we expect young officers to follow them and yet the gangsters are heavily armed. This is done without any guarantee over what will happen to their families. The police need to be treated just like me and the Mover of the Motion. This is because they are very important people. If you ask me to go and die for you then you have to provide for my family if I am not there. I want to be sure that my family is really fully protected and guaranteed of their lives after my demise. Regarding the issue of guns; that is, G3 and AK47, they are equally very powerful guns and are from different countries. The AK47 was produced because of G3 which is still a very powerful gun to be used in battle field. Therefore, that is not the major weakness. The major weakness is the morale, confidence and lack of loyalty. All these must be dictated by factors or complementariness that the Government need to give to these people. If you give me the authority to do something and you back me, then I will go and die for you. That is where we have been failing. We come to the House here and when issuing statements, we just say that police officers do not have houses, vehicles and other things. This is the true position, but it is not news to anybody in this country. It is not a discovery that they have no vehicles. It is something which is known by everyone. What are we trying to do, as a nation, to make sure that we provide the police men and women with facilities to enable them to work as hard as we expect of them to do? For example, when 42 officers were killed in Baragoi, that matter just ended like that. The 42 officers were not just monkeys from forests. They were human beings just like you and I. They also had families. We are not sure that their families have been provided with whatever would make them feel comfortable in future. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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