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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support this Motion as amended. I came when it had already been amended. Kenya is not the same but the fact remains that we are seeing the conditions of the police force. Before I mention about housing and salary, there are things that are not in order. Some of those police officers do not have adequate uniform. They do not even have enough boots. Most of the weapons they have are defective. If the weapon you have is defective, how will you actually protect Kenyans? Most of them do not even have uniform and weapons that can even protect them from harm. In other nations, the most important people are the police because they provide security for more than 450 citizens. If you are providing security to citizens who most of them are rich, tall and short and have everything they need while you do not have enough salary, uniform and housing, then where will you get that spirit? If your own conditions are unfair and your own salary cannot sustain you, then how will you manage to protect civilians? Police force has been given many bad names including corrupt and many more. It is not their problem. Let us take an example of Members of Parliament. The reason why most Members of Parliament are not in this House is because some things are not in order. Maybe they have problems in their own constituencies or personal problems which they would like to attend to because they are also human beings. The same thing happens also in the police force. Hon. Speaker, I wonder what is happening with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). We need to be critical as Members of Parliament. Every time SRC is given opportunity to review salary, they only deduct them. I have never heard of a situation where they have increased salaries. I think SRC has mistaken the word “review” to mean “reduce” because they are good at reducing salaries. We have to analyze very well and tell them the word “review” means to increase and not reduce. Kenyans have suffered because of SRC. I have police officers in my area, Northern Kenya. I want Hon. Members to understand that officers working in Northern Kenya are really suffering. Most of the areas there are very insecure. The communities living there and Al Shabaab are well informed and trained. They can kill anyone anytime. They know the terrain of that place. So, when you take someone’s child The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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