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    "content": "somewhere and let one who does not even have Kshs10,000 get that opportunity? In any case, we are a country that is constantly talking about equity and equalizing opportunities and giving those who are the most unlucky in this society an opportunity to get in and become police officers. So, once the short-listing is done, suppose they want ten police officers from Tigania West Constituency, we would then be told to do a short-list of 20 or 30 then the headquarters would send a team to do an interview with those who have been short-listed. If they do not meet the criteria, then they are eliminated. But I think the local people should have a chance to give input into the kind of people that get recruited because they know them better. Nobody is saying that somebody will get recruited if they are not qualified. That is why there will be representation both at the local interview and by the team that comes from the headquarters to ensure that the people that have been shortlisted have the qualifications and then you can recruit from that pool. The following year, there will be a long list of those that were left out. Since you cannot be able to recruit from every location and sub-location, you can ensure that they are represented. The other point that I would like to talk about is that, while I congratulate the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security for creating more administrative units, we should also rationalize them. We need to have a rationalization. In many cases, although there is a lot of pressure from politicians, because they demand to be given another district, then they complain about the districts being too many--- They are the ones who ask for the constituencies, districts, divisions and locations. Unless we check the politicians, every village will be a district or a constituency. Therefore, I would like to propose that we do a rationalization in terms of having a certain basis that we ask for those districts or constituencies. There must be other criteria that does not only consider the people who live in that constituency but also takes into account the population and other facilities. If we do not rationalize, again, there are going to be many questions. Rationalization is important, in view of the fact that we are going to use these units to share national resources. If we do not do that, certain constituencies and districts will suffer. That would be a clear case for asking for trouble from those who feel disadvantaged."
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