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    "id": 1105280,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1105280/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lugari, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ayub Angatia",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2153,
        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
        "slug": "ayub-savula-angatia"
    },
    "content": "The level of deployment of security personnel and equipment in any area is informed by the prevailing security status of that area. At night, they deploy about 100 police officers in Nairobi’s Eastlands estates to just roam in bars and harass people and extort money from members of the public on the road over observance of Covid-19 protocols. Police officers erect road blocks on Thika Super Highway when there are sensitive matters that the Government is supposed to deal with in Laikipia and other parts of the country. Hon. Savula’s daughter or son goes to a good private school in Nairobi, where all the facilities are provided. Can you expect a student in Laikipia, where the schools have been closed because of insecurity, to face the same national examination with your daughter or mine? Who will pass the examination? There must be equity. Give these pupils enough time to study. Protect the environment, beef up security in schools and the surrounding environment, and protect parents and students so that we can have a competitive environment when it comes to national examinations. Lastly, let us not play politics with issues of insecurity. Hon. Sankok has alluded to the fact that there are 15,000 acres of land that have been donated by the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya and that Hon. Matiang’i gave this House misleading information, which was recorded on The Hansard . Let the Deputy President speak for himself. What we need is to reduce the number of police officers assigned to Cabinet Secretaries. You find a Cabinet Secretary with three chase cars and five or 10 police officers. Why are police officers protecting a Government employee? In fact, the focus of the security apparatus in the country should be more on civilians than on Government employees. At the airport, some areas have been secluded and called VVIP for use by Cabinet Secretaries, who are very junior Government officials. In the USA, a Cabinet Secretary is not an equivalent of a Congressman. In Kenya, you find that a Cabinet Secretary has houses in Laikipia, Kitengela, Karen and Loresho, all of them being guarded by police officers. It is high time we limited the number police officers guarding Cabinet Secretaries. They are not more senior than the representatives of the people seated in this House. Thank you."
}