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    "id": 783215,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "improved living standards, could reduce stress amongst police officers. Also, continuous training while at work will help. We should also ensure that police officers are transferred fairly, so that a new entrant is not posted to the furthest part of the country as those related to influential people are posted to places like Parliament Police Station. Every officer should feel that whatever is happening is fair, and that the police force has reformed. With the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, we have experienced serious developments. The police force has since transformed into the National Police Service. Service is to Kenyans and humanity. I believe it should be so, especially now that they have a commission which listens to officers’ complaints and looks into their issues. It would be good that through this service, police officers be represented. We recently heard that the salaries of some police officers were to be reduced. When the NPSC was questioned, they said that they were harmonising the salaries to ensure that some officers were not paid salaries they did not deserve. That answer was not satisfactory. We urge the commission to take care of the welfare of police officers. The commission should not be a source of frustration for police officers. Many Members are aware that police officers were awarded a salary increment some time back, of which 9 per cent has not been paid over the years. Where is that money? Who is keeping it? We need to find it, as a House, and ensure that proper remunerations are given to police officers, so that they can serve this country better. Their lives are at risk at all times. When a crime occurs, they combat. The worst situation is where police officers drop out of the force and join criminal gangs. Those are the gangs that service police officers fear most because ex-police officers know how to use guns very well. They also know how police officers operate. Some of them can use modern technology to even access their radio frequencies and become a danger to their former colleagues. Therefore, we have to treat them well to avoid having many of them exiting the service so that they can serve the country. Police officers should have hope of growing in the force and attaining the highest level possible. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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