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"speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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"legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support these nominees because they are very important part of our society. The importance of IPOA cannot be overstated because they solve a few issues here and there. When I was the Chairman of Students Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU), I was arrested 11 times within a uration of seven months. At that time, there was no IPOA. So, there was nowhere I could have gone to report. To be sincere, the work of IPOA is well spelt out. It is very important that they solve issues. For the past six years, IPOA has been led by Kavulundi and has been solving issues that affect the common citizens. However, IPOA did not try to go a step further to dig out the problem that faces our officers. Our officers are not well remunerated. They do not earn well yet they are human beings, just like us. They have children in schools, wives and husbands and they face the normal standard of living that we face. They purchase their daily commodities that we purchase and their salary is low. Their living condition is pathetic. Every Member in this House has a bodyguard or bodyguards who are police officers. Not once or twice have we heard these police officers taking bullets on our behalf and sometimes putting their lives at risk on our behalf and on behalf of Kenyans. When they live in those tiny houses, which are made of iron sheets, they 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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