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    "id": 975131,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/975131/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "We have a group in Kisii and I have also heard of Baghdad Boys in Nairobi. That is branding of the youth. We abide by the rule of law, and we are progressing. I do not want to say that Kenya should be on the same standards of the European and Nordic countries where even the Prime Minister walks on the streets and earns a humble salary. We are yet to get there. We are a developing country and have to move at our own pace. Nevertheless, life is dear. I think one of the Commandments of the Almighty is: “Thou shall not kill”. What causes this? The security forces should relook into it because one thing is true. For example, in Nyeri, there is a spot where bodies are always found. Surely, it cannot be by accident. How many people have guns? Extrajudicial killings continue happening and we always talk about them. People always listen to you when you talk, but nothing is done. I want to put a rider to this. Honestly, in this country, how much do we pay our security forces and especially the policemen and women? How much do we pay primary school teachers? We need equality and equilibrium of things if Kenya is going to be a civilized. Why am I saying this? We need to make an assessment. How much do we pay our policemen and women, teachers and doctors? Sometimes newly graduated doctors are posted to some places. At times they work overnight attending to casualties when accidents occur. We make laws in this Parliament. When you are elected or nominated, you focus on benefiting yourself without caring about policemen and women, teachers and doctors. We need to be careful because this is causing dissatisfaction amongst our people. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to mention this at this stage. Currently, our policemen and women cannot rent houses anywhere they want. We know of a case of some young man who died – I do not want to say that he was killed – in some estate somewhere. If this country is serious, it must ensure that its uniformed forces are taken care of through housing and everything. The salaries they are given should motivate them, so that they hold moral ground. We will be cheating ourselves if we underpay people like our policemen and women, teachers and doctors. If we do not pay them well, they will be tempted to do other misadventures, like some of the things we are discussing here because we do not know the causes of extrajudicial killings. The causes are many. They could be political or economic because of the society we are living in. We must relook back and make sure we have a country that---"
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