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    "content": "Kenya can be managed. We have suggested this and I hope that the Minister will take it and not allow the matter to be played out only by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of elders is very critical as a tool to manage security in this country. It has worked in all the pastoral communities. The elders do a substantial job, but they are not paid any remuneration. We have passed a Motion here asking the Government to consider paying these elders some little token of appreciation. They do much more than any other Kenyan, apart from what the security officers on the ground, do. So, I would like to request the Minister to formalize this in terms of a policy position. Bring it to this House and we shall pass it, so that elders can be paid some money as they help our security officers to maintain law and order. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area where the Government has done well and we really thank them, is the creation of more districts through the Office of the President. However, as we do this, we want to make sure that the Minister and officials from the Office of the President take into account equity. I urge them to try to establish which areas in this country require really to be subdivided. We do not want to leave it just at the mercy of Members of Parliament to come and lobby. This is because we have got staff on the ground and have now subdivided even North Eastern Province into two, which is good. In fact, we should subdivide it into three. The suggestion was that now that we have subdivided it into two regions, perhaps, if we make it three regions, it will be managed better than it is currently. I have in mind Wajir District which has been subdivided now and all the constituencies are districts. But you need to go further than that. A constituency like Wajir South is 23,000 square kilometers. You need to divide it into two or three, so that the services can be taken closer to the people. The idea is services going closer to the people and you employ more of our local people to work as chiefs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the appointment of chiefs, there is a current engagement by the Government of Kenya to employ chiefs based on qualifications. We have no problem with that, but make sure that those areas where now there are assistant chiefs serving and they have served so well, we do not come overnight and employ a young man just because he is a Form Four graduate. There are those who have served as assistant chiefs and qualify to be moved. But what is happening now, at least, from my experience in North Eastern is that we have continued to employ new people in a station where already an assistant chief is serving and you demoralize them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, on the issue of qualification, we have suggested a minimum of Form Four education and it has not been accepted yet. But, please, go to that level. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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