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    "id": 893496,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is Lang’at. The Kipsigis use Lang’at while the Nandis and Keiyos use Langat. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to stand and support the nomination of Mr. Hilary Mutyambai. Based on this document, he is qualified and deserves the position of the Inspector General (IG). However, I would like to advise him so that he improves the police service in this country. I advise him to live above any political influence so that he serve this country diligently, without favour or fear. I call upon him to uphold his professionalism so that no politician of any rank will influence him to achieve his own selfish goals. Secondly, I support the point raised by Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri that he examines the police service welfare because we normally blame them for corruption and yet we do not ask ourselves how much they earn. I taught many police officers when I was a lecturer at Moi University. Unfortunately, most of them did not complete their diploma courses because they were unable to pay for fees. Why? Their salaries could not support them, their families and pay fees. Probably, this is one of the reasons which make them engage in corrupt practices. They are living in dire conditions. Therefore, I urge Mr. Mutyambai to critically look at the welfare of police officers in this country with the aim of improving it. Thirdly, the welfare of their families must also be re-examined. I do not believe that if police officers are posted to work in their home counties, they will not perform their duties diligently. That is a myth. When I was teaching at Moi University, one of the policer officers did a presentation in a sociology class. From his presentation, I discovered that most of the families where children are truant and indisciplined come from the armed forces or police service. This is because they do not have time with their children and spouses. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope the incoming IG will look into the current system and trends all over the world that determine the welfare of the police. In America, for example, when police officers attain certain age, they serve near their homes. These are the areas that in the modern police service that need to be taken care of so that they can serve us well. When the HIV/AIDS scourge was very rampant in this country, the most affected people were those who were working either in the military or the police service. They work away from their families for more than 12 months and they rarely get time to take care of their children and spouses. We need to be bold enough and let them work near their homes. I also advise him to listen to police officers so that he may understand their plight and the challenges they face on daily basis. The other day we read from the newspapers about a police officer who was sacked in Kericho because he overstayed at home taking care of his sick wife. The wife was suffering from cancer and she later passed on. It is a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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