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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this amendment to the Motion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very noble idea. Our officers can be referred to as heroes because of the duties that they perform. They sacrifice their lives. This has become a reality nowadays more than before, because in the past, the security officers were not very busy since Kenya was quite peaceful and the neighbours were not as violent as they are now. Also, terrorism was not a thing of everyday. During the Westgate attack, for example, we could see in the media security officers moving in and some of them lost their lives in the process. Most of them are not old people, who have, probably, invested heavily in the education and future of their children. Everybody works to take care of their children and secure their future. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the security officers go through a lot of hardship in order to not only protect the property of Kenyans, but also secure the future of their families. What is more peaceful and satisfying than knowing that once you are dead your children will get educated? This gives them the opportunity to work without a lot of stress. They will even avoid being swayed into corruption, because they know that they do not have to indulge in any get-rich-quick schemes in order to secure the future of their children. We know that education is not very cheap, especially at the university level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this insurance fund will help also the widows and diminish the stress that they are left with. Most people want to inherit these widows, especially where I come from, in the pretence that they want to take care of the future of the children. But most of the time, the moment they inherit them, they spend all their money and within no minute, the children will be on the streets begging. They even become thugs and a burden to other relatives, just because there was nothing in place to ensure that they get education. If that is done, that will be the best gift."
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