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    "id": 519057,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/519057/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "A few days ago, hon. Kamama put forward something that is interesting to some of us who come from areas that have security challenges. It was about the educational qualifications that one needs to be a police officer. We are now looking for people with C+ and B- to be police officers. Do you know what happens after they get into the police force? That is why we are having all these challenges of not having experienced and committed people in the police service. Everytime we get a person with a C+ to the police force, the next thing he will do is to join a university. He will not be committed to that service. A good reference is our country’s police force before we started putting educational qualifications. The police was a professional service doing a good job. We need to get to that. In fact, hon. Kamama, being the Chairman of the Administration and National Security Committee and an eloquent Member of the House, should put that debate into test. We need to start thinking of recruiting people who want to remain in the police force. Those should be people who are committed to the police force and who can gain experience over many years, so that we can fight the terrorists. Those terrorists are experienced. Some of them are born, bred and have worked for so many years to find a way to kill our people. We need to get into that debate of whether we require education in everything or in some areas. In some areas, we require experience and not education. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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