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    "id": 487132,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "money. If it is allowed to go on as it is, this country will lose money. Therefore, I support what hon. Nkaisserry has said; that you cannot place the security of a country in the hands of private contractors. He has given a good example of Snowden, which was sold somewhere in Russia. If you put the security of this country in the hands of private contractors, we will face the same problems that the United States of America (USA) faced. Safaricom is a big company, but it is not in the Government. Let us be careful when we deal with these kinds of contracts. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we can sort out the problem of insecurity in this country by ploughing more money into the police reforms programmes. Let us motivate our police officers. They are the first line of defence to our national security. Let police officers be paid well. Let us provide them with better housing and better weapons. Let their welfare be looked into, but not in piecemeal. As long as police officers and other security agencies are not motivated, even if we install surveillance cameras all over, our security situation will not improve. Let us go back to the drawing board and use those billions of shillings on bettering the salaries for our security officers. Let us motivate them. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my bodyguard told me the other day that his friend was shot dead in Baragoi and when the wife went to ask for the benefits, they were delayed until the last minute. She was told that it was not possible and she has never got the benefits. Therefore, police officers are suffering. Once we put good money into the Police Force by getting good equipment and motivating them, insecurity will be a thing of the past. Cameras are gadgets manned by police officers who are not motivated and the end result is zero."
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