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    "id": 573273,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Motion. I also want to congratulate my friend, Hon. Waluke, for bringing the Motion to the House. We are discussing a very serious issue here; the issue of the security of Kenyans. It is difficult being a policeman in Kenya under the current conditions especially having to serve until the age of 60. Our police officers deserve good houses. They need better working conditions and proper equipment. You cannot work in an environment that is surrounded by the civil society and as you work, you are told to confront criminals who have powerful firearms with your bare hands. Many policemen have found themselves in the receiving end in their line of duty. It becomes difficult to balance between working and observing human rights. I do not know the human right that these people talk about when the rights of the police officers are not safeguarded. Some police officers have lost their lives in their line of duty and we have not seen the human rights activists fighting for them. When a police officer kills a criminal or Al-Shabaab, they are taken to court. We need to encourage our police officers. There is need for them to be given a lot of morale in terms of remuneration, housing and promotions. This does not only happen to police officers. In the public service, officers are very demoralised. The legal officers in the Civil Service, for instance, in the Attorney-General’s Chamber and other legal officers in the Civil Service are moving out to join other well-paying commissions. There is need for the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, which is a constitutional commission, to come up with standardised job groups so that people with same qualifications, skills and expertise get similar remuneration, whether they are in the police force, the Civil Service, parastatals or any commission. By so doing, we will stop police officers from leaving the police force to become security officers at the Kenya Revenue Authority or the Central Bank of Kenya."
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