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    "id": 975153,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Northern Frontiers wanted to secede. Even today, the Al Shabaab are having a field day because in this country, we have got our priorities mixed up. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we blame the police for extrajudicial killings, the IPOA which has been set up constitutionally has got no teeth. We must ask ourselves: How are we empowering them? I was listening to Sen. (Eng.) Maina talk and what he said is true. For example, a shrewd businessman would go to Maasai land and buy cows cheaply. A Maasai will go and sell meat to the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), but will never be paid. However, this shrewd business person would get cows sold to him cheaply and use a police officer and a few youth and control the entire system. That same shrewd officer will ensure that person who supervises that department does not pay other people, so that they do not do that business. To finalize, when the Committee is looking at this, prevention is always better than cure. I would challenge the Chairperson of Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Rights his Members to visit the current police stations and ask themselves whether they can stay there. I do not want to explain or give details of the kind of experience that I had in Kilimani police station. I am happy that the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Right was there and can attest to what I am saying. We need to champion for better welfare for the police officers and continually encourage them through training. I am sure Sen. Kihika will attest to the fact that in other jurisdictions, veteran officers are supported. The men and women in uniform are supported when they are on duty. When such officers retire, they are given everything because people appreciate what they have done."
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