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"content": "They suffer a lot as they serve us, therefore, unless our Government gives them good support, there is no way we can expect good service from them. My piece of advice to Mr. Mutyambai is that once he gets to office, he should give special attention to the police officers. For example, they should be provided with good housing, a salary that can support their families and also moral support. Many a times, we have heard of some officers who have ended up shooting family members and themselves. This shows the high level of desperation, depression and a lot of suffering that that they go through. Therefore, we need to create counseling centres for these officers, so that any time they face a challenge, they can have a place to run to, share their problems and reduce the burden that they carry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, much has been said about corruption in our country. Currently, it has become like a song or some chorus. We keep on singing and praising corruption. The fight against corruption has always been there. However, there is no single time that we, as Kenyans, have won this battle because our approach has never been right. We have reduced the capacity of the institutions; and the people who talk about corruption have dealt with it politically. Also, the responses that we get are politically motivated, and that is why we cannot get any good response. My advice to Kenya is to stop praising corruption in our society. We should empower our institutions, especially the National Police Service (NPS), so that they can deal with all the corrupt deals and persons in our society."
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