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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Report and make a few comments in terms of what we need to do to ensure that we have a balance. I was listing to Sen. Wamatangi explaining how most youth disappear. I know that in this country, historically, many armed groups are usually employed by politicians. We are the ones who take advantage of the poor people. So, when the police go out there and try to ensure that the rule of law is followed, some of the youth who are used to intimidate others end up being locked up in the penitentiary somewhere. Even though there have been so many cases of extrajudicial killings, what are we doing as politicians and businesspeople in this country, who want to control certain quarters, to contribute to that? We must ask ourselves these questions. I was very happy to hear Sen. (Eng.) Maina asking serious questions as to how we are treating these police officers. I have been on the record saying that the minimum salary that a police officer should get in this country should be Kshs100,000. When you travel to countries like Singapore, you will not see a police officer on the road. However, when you see one, they will be working peacefully and will not bother you. If there is a crime, they will be able to go there. It is a bit hypocritical when we lament on a daily basis that there are so many people being killed, yet we in this House are the ones who come up with legislations and fight for more money for ourselves, yet we do not give a hoot about the police. Even our own bodyguards, the ones who protect us, get peanuts, and we do not care. Sometimes I ask myself whether these police officers do not have families. I hear people complain so much about the police being allowed to rent houses. If you see the kind of dilapidated houses they live in, you ask yourself how we are supposed to have a sober nation, where people will respect the rule of law and shrewd businesspeople and 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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