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    "id": 1264312,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1264312/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yussuf Farah",
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    "content": "Government employed and remunerated National Police Reservists. The Government also deployed people called macawisley, who were always at the forefront at the Kenya-Somali border. Those people were initially well-remunerated but I do not know what has happened. Eventually, things changed and they decided to leave the stations. We are now experiencing the Al Shabaab menace all over in Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Lamu. Who knows where they will strike next? I want us to visualise and think about what happened during those times. Are we ready for the tragedies that happened during those times? No. If not, this Government needs to remunerate and motivate the first line of defence, who are the NPRs and the special forces, who are also doing a great job at our borders. The special forces were initially given extra allowances but for the last 10 months, those allowances have not been paid according to the information we have received from the ground. That has resulted in laxity in terms of security. If a person who sleeps outside every night to secure this country is not well-motivated, you can imagine what will happen. What else can we invest in in this country? Security is the first thing that we should invest in. For our country to be secure, we must invest in the security agencies, so that we have secure borders. I echo my brother, Hon. Adow, who mentioned that some people are saying that the borders should not be opened. The borders should be opened for the youth in those areas to get jobs instead of being recruited by the Al Shabaab . Security officers should be well- remunerated to motivate them so that they can secure our borders."
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