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    "speaker_name": "Hon Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "What we were proposing, and we may bring it in the Third Reading is up to the level of where your contract ends. Some of these injuries might require huge investments for treatment. If it has to go beyond the contract period then that would be a problem. We were looking at the proposed amendments by Hon. Nassir. So, these are some of the issues. We were saying, yes, it is important for us to compensate any member of the NPS. At the same time, if you look at the NPS right now, as a Government, you will find that we are on the process of recruiting 10,000 officers. I think that will be done tomorrow. This is a very good indication by the Jubilee Government in trying to address the ratio between the common mwananchi and the police. This will go a long way in addressing insecurity because the fundamental aspect of a country is security. Once a country is secure, that country can grow in terms of development because people will have confidence. At the same time, it hurts for us to see some things. As much as the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has been doing a very good work in auditing the behaviour of the police, it hurts to see what happened the other day in Eastleigh. A harmless and innocent person or even if he was guilty was shot by a policeman. The guy did not have any arms. When the police officer exhausted his bullets, he asked from a colleague. To do that to a person who is lying down is what we have to speak and hope the Inspector-General of Police has taken action. We have just come back. We will pick up that issue in our Committee tomorrow. We cannot have such policemen. If you want to be treated and compensated, you must at the same time follow the due process of the law."
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