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    "id": 783220,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/783220/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mwanyanje",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13245,
        "legal_name": "Gertrude Mbeyu Mwanyanje",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. It is true that police officers have problems. They do not even have salaries, but what we call wages because it is less than Kshs20, 000. They are very important Kenyans and we cannot live without them. These officers have families and some of them are polygamous and need to take care of their children in school. You can find some officers begging for bursaries from Members of Parliament to educate their kids. I used to condemn police officers for being ranked as the worst corrupt, but now I know why. They cannot take care of their families. The kind of houses they live in are pathetic. It is police officers who come up with Swahili words such as, “ kitu kidogo, chai and maji .” Once I was a victim of this. I was going for a meeting and at a police road block, a police officer told me, Mhe, si utuachie maji . I did not understand their language. I had water in my car and I told my bodyguard to give them a carton of water. He started laughing and I did not understand. He told me, Mhe, you did not understand the language. They do not want water. I learnt words like,"
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