5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly:
“Injury suffered on duty” means an illness or injury sustained by a member of the Service whilst in the execution of their duties or in the course of travel to or from a place of duty. In Clause 3, the principal Act is amended by inserting the following new section immediately after Section 72- 72A(1), “A member of the service who sustains a wound or injury or contracts an illness while on duty or undergoing training is, under such conditions and for such period as may be prescribed, entitled to be provided with medical, dental and psychological or other necessary---”
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5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly:
Yes. As I was rightfully saying, this has come as a surprise to many that I am bringing these amendments. In 2009, the Government adopted the Ransley Report, which was meant to reform blue prints adopted regarding the police service. In the process, the Government came up with an insurance scheme that was to cover police officers and their families. That has not happened very well. We have tried to get information from the National Police Service with regard to this matter. As a matter of fact, Parliament wrote to the National Police Service to request for this information. There ...
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5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly:
The number of police officers who have died in the line of duty in the year 2014 are 40 and 77 were injured. In the year 2015, 28 police officers were killed and 102 were injured. This The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly:
is as per the Annual Crime Report for those particular years. When we make laws, we need to ensure that we put faces on them. We need to ensure that those we represent are equally well catered for. I would like to give two or three particular incidences where Kenyans have forgotten the names of those officers. Constable Boniface Oketch from Soweto Police Station was shot and killed on 28th March 2017 while he and his colleagues were pursuing a gang in Kayole. We need to look at what is going to happen to his family. On 12th January 2016, ...
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5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, very much Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I know many people would take it as a surprise that this Bill that seeks to ensure the welfare of police officers and their families is catered for is coming from me because I have been very critical when it comes to some of the things that the police have been doing, even in this very Parliament. I have been on record The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
that we have good police officers who need to be well compensated. Clause 2 of this Bill seeks to amend Section 2 of the principal Act to provide for the definition of the---
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5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move this particular amendment.
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5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you. We are dealing with the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill, 2016. A Bill for an Act of Parliament to amend the National Police Service Act, and for connected purposes, enacted by the Parliament of Kenya as follows:
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