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    "id": 732030,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/732030/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2433,
        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "Yes. As I was rightfully saying, this has come as a surprise to many that I am bringing these amendments. In 2009, the Government adopted the Ransley Report, which was meant to reform blue prints adopted regarding the police service. In the process, the Government came up with an insurance scheme that was to cover police officers and their families. That has not happened very well. We have tried to get information from the National Police Service with regard to this matter. As a matter of fact, Parliament wrote to the National Police Service to request for this information. There has been no response at all. As per Article 254(1) of the Constitution of Kenya Section 26(c), the National Police Service Commission is supposed to provide an annual report to Parliament regarding the welfare of police officers. They have not been doing that. Basically, this Bill seeks to ensure that our police officers are well taken care of. We know what has been happening of late, and I will give incidences. In the year 2014, 21 police officers were killed by bandits in Kapedo. Two years earlier, 40 officers were murdered in Baragoi, Suguta Marmar Valley. There was the killing of seven police officers, including a General Service Unit (GSU) Recce Commando in July 2016. This is after a rogue police officer attacked the Kapenguria Police Station. There are many other cases."
}