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    "id": 893428,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "We asked the nominee about the issue of welfare of our officers. As a country, we cannot stand proudly without our armed officers. We have men and women who everyday put their lives on the line, living in situations that are way below their dignity. Our police officers do so much for us. The ones who are involved in extrajudicial killings are few. It is just that the impact of what they do is big but the ones who do a good job are many and they are the majority. We told the IG nominee to reconsider and rethink the police housing project for two reasons. First, the amount of money they have given to the police officers for their housing is little. I will tell you what that means for police officers in Nairobi. We simply want them to live in the slums. If you give somebody Kshs9,000 of even 15,000 per month for rent and they work at Kileleshwa Police Station, where do you expect them to get a house? Of course, he has to go to Kawangware or Kayole where even their own lives are in danger. Mr. Speaker, Sir, We know some of our police stations are sitting on such prime land; Spring Valley, Muthangari in Lavington, Kilimani and Karen Police Station where there was housing. What is going to happen to those properties that were previously housing our police officers? We do not want to start seeing those houses and properties sold to private developers or being grabbed and there is a high-rise apartment or mall. No, we are very keen. Members, as the police are doing it, as a Committee we are putting together an inventory of all these stations from your counties. You let us know so that we can protect them."
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