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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": "allowed to leave the force or even apply for resignation within 34 hours. That is why we have a shortage of police officers in this country. In the military, a recruit is given a contract of, at least, nine years before they think of resigning. In the police force, it is just loose because an officer can apply for resignation and is permitted to resign within 24 hours or three months. That is causing shortage of police officers and thus, insecurity in our country. When some of the officers resign or are sacked, they go home and become thieves. I urge this House to accept my proposal and go the military way. There, you are recruited to serve your country. You cannot leave the service after training because you are a trained police officer. You should not be allowed to go home like that and yet money has been used to train you. It is risky for somebody who has been trained to use a gun to just resign without any valid reason. I kindly urge Members to consider this Motion because some officers who have resigned might have come to your home or met you somewhere to plead with you to help them come back to the force. I have seen many who have come to me seeking for help to rejoin the force. Why I want it to go the military way is because when an officer is sacked, sent home or has resigned, he is allowed to rejoin the armed forces. We should, therefore, allow those officers to come back. That is why I brought this Motion. I am sure it is going to be of good help to this nation. When it comes to working conditions of our police officers, to me, they are underpaid. This House should look at the provisions and tools of work that those officers are using. Let us look for ways and means of motivating our police officers by giving them modern tools of trade. Is the Government doing enough to pay officers and improve their working conditions? What about insurance and other benefits? University lecturers must finish, at least, five years of service before they quit and look for greener pastures. The end result is this: We may have many good and trained officers leaving the force immediately upon completion of their training for greener pastures. It would be fair that those officers who have benefited from specialized training at the public expense are made to serve the Government for, at least, 10 years or refund the money to benefit deserving cases before they leave for the private sector. The Government must do its part to, at least, improve the welfare of the police. Officers in police service who desert the force should also face a penalty. In the military, even if you desert for a minute it is counted. In the military, if you do not have a leave pass to go home, you are not allowed to go away, the way police do. I now call upon Hon. Lentoimaga to second the Motion. Thank you."
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