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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to answer to Question No.26 by the Senator for Marsabit County, I would like to inform the House as follows- It is true that there has been a delay in the recruitment of NPR in Marsabit County. First, the reason for that delay is that at the time when the request was made by the leaders of Marsabit, we had exhausted the budget for last year. Therefore, we were unable to accommodate that request in the last financial year’s budget. Second, at the time when the request was made, many residents of Marsabit County had migrated because of the devastation of the drought that had affected this area among other arid and semi-arid areas of our country. Therefore, it was not practical to carry out the exercise. I am happy to report that the budget issue has been resolved. Therefore, in this financial year, we can accommodate that request in a modest way. This is because we will give priority to the neediest parts of that county. Now that normalcy has returned and residents are back in the county, that process should commence. I, therefore, plead with the Senator for Marsabit and the House to give us 30 days to report progress on the matter. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in terms of the rest of the counties, the deployment of NPR is as follows- In Samburu County, the Government has recruited 460 NPRs. They have already been trained and deployed since November 2022 to date. There has been an additional recruitment of 150 NPRs who were recruited but have not been trained or deployed, from the same county. We have realized that the recruitment of NPRs has a bearing on the security of these regions. That explains why most parts of Samburu County have experienced some kind of stability among other reasons. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Elgeyo Marakwet County, the Government has recruited a total of 153 NPRs. We could not do the training because of budgetary constraints but we will train and deploy them this financial year."
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