31 May 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I congratulate Sen. Kibwana for this wonderful Motion. It is rare for people to defend police officers. Some of us have had nasty experience with them, which left us with lifelong trauma. However, it is important to support them.
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
Kenyans should know that police officers are our friends and custodians of law and order in the country as per the law. As Members of Parliament and any other State officer who is allocated for bodyguards, they protect and ensure that we sleep soundly and walk around feeling protected. We have close to 78,000 police officers in the country. They control traffic, arrest people, maintain law and order. You were part of us in the last Senate. The former Nominated Senator, Sen. Kasanga, moved the Mental Health Bill. In the debate, we said that mental health issues are a problem, ...
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Speakers’ Rules No. 5 on the dressing of Senators in the House. Everything is evolving. If you see the trouser that has been worn by our champion against menstruation stigma in the country, our beloved Sen. Orwoba, it is similar to what we see the Disc Jockeys (DJs) wearing when some of us go to unwind on Fridays.
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
arresting each and everybody. I also believe they have poor working conditions. Most of the police officers live in tin houses where they share a room separated by a bed sheet. When it comes to the God-given assignment of the night, you can imagine there is a single police officer on the other side of the bed sheet and the newly married officers on the other side. We have heard cases where when the newly married police officers are on night patrol, the single officers might be on night patrol on the beds of these newly married officers. This is ...
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
This boils down to what they do. Some of them survive, like in the issue of Kapedo. We thank the Government for fighting banditry, cattle rustling in the North Rift and many other areas in this Republic. Some of these police officers either survive with injuries or see their colleagues being killed in the line of duty. It is not fair. We need to look at the insurance of the police and enhance it. I know that there is nothing that can compensate for the loss of life. Life is sacred. However, when a police officer dies in the line ...
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
I do not know whether it is in order. It looks like leather, jeans or khaki . We need to be clear so if tomorrow, I wear a khak i or jeans and come to the House, I do not know whether it will be acceptable. I need guidance. Maybe you can direct the female Serjeant-at-Arms to look. I can see Sen. (Dr.) Murango looking at it keenly. We request that a female Senator should be the one to look at that matter. I stand guided.
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31 May 2023 in Senate:
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