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    "id": 894246,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, CCU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Mboni",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwalika Mboni",
        "slug": "david-mwalika-mboni-2"
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    "content": "look into. One of them is the integration of the Kenya Police and the Administration Police. There are 26,000 Administration Police officers. These two arms of security are at different levels of training. We need to look at how the 26,000 Administration Police officers will be trained, especially on issues of law so that they can be at the same level with the Kenya Police. There has been implementation of a housing programme for the police. Police have been given house allowances because there are inadequate housing facilities at the police headquarters. This implementation has been very chaotic. The allowances they have been given are too low. Imagine somebody with a family being given Kshs8,000 to get a house in Nairobi. That amount of money cannot get somebody a decent house in Nairobi. We need to relook into and review the house allowances for the police. We also need to look, review and come up with a proposal to put up good houses for police and rent them to the police force so that they can live a decent life. If these people will not be housed very well, we will not talk about fighting corruption in the police force. I cannot imagine somebody being given Kshs8,000 to get a house with a family. We all know that the salaries for the police force are quite low. The chiefs’ camps have been gazetted as police posts. We want to see police being posted to the police camps so that they can fight insecurity at the grassroots. We want to see the posts being equipped and the police in the chiefs’ camps being given transport so that they can do the necessary work. We have just passed the Motion on payment of allowances for elders. Elders play a very key role in terms of security. The new Inspector General should support the payment of allowances to the village elders. He also needs to put in place proper measures to fight corruption in the police force. We all know that roadblocks are centres of corruption. If you are going to Kitui, when you reach the border of Machakos and Kitui, there are two roadblocks within a distance of 200 metres. I do not even understand why we should have all those. We also expect him to fight corruption in the general public and make sure that it is reduced. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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