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    "id": 573309,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/573309/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwamkale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2672,
        "legal_name": "William Kamoti Mwamkale",
        "slug": "william-kamoti-mwamkale"
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    "content": "our officers, who are our children and brothers, have been killing themselves. If the Independent Policing Oversight Authority is serious about the welfare of officers, instead of blaming them and scrutinizing them negatively, they should look at their welfare and give them proper remuneration which matches that of others in the public service. Let those who have gone to universities be paid like other graduates in other corporations. With regard to housing, police are human beings who deserve humane treatment. Making them share houses even when they are married is de-humanizing. Those aspects, once they are looked into and taken care of, I am sure our officers will remain in the force even after going for their training. Even those who do not go for training will strive to be there because there will be something to live for. With regard to the insurance that is now being given to them, why should we wait for somebody to die in the course of his or her job for the family to be paid Kshs10 million? It is high time we looked at those who go for errands that are by nature very risky. Those officers who go to fight in Somalia should have a package for them to be paid when they come back or when they make strides and are successful in whatever they are doing. We should not wait for them to die in the course of their duties so that we can pay their families. It is high time we made arrangements for them to be paid even while they are still alive and when they successfully take up big endeavours or risks. Those are the things we can do. We are going to make strides in our fight against insecurity. Our police force will be a place where everybody will be fighting to go. If this Motion is implemented as amended, it is going to bring a big change to this country. With those remarks, I support this Motion. It will make a big change once it is passed."
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