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    "content": "Having said that, although we are supporting the funds to this Ministry--- I think it is only that we do not have powers to increase the money once the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has already read his Budget Speech. But I believe that the money that has been allocated to this Ministry is not enough, given that so many districts were created and most of those districts, if not all, do not have administrative physical facilities. So, there is need to allocate more funds to this Ministry to put up even the basic necessary infrastructure so that the administration officers posted to those districts can have places where they can work. At the moment, you will realize that for some districts, the District Commissioners, District Education Officers and other district personnel are working from outside the district because of lack of facilities. So, I urge the Minister to put a request to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance so that he can consider giving more money in the Supplementary Budget so that this Ministry can be given funds for our new districts to operate. I am a victim of this, so that is why I am pleading that we get more funds so that our districts can operate. At the moment, the Ministry has done very well by posting a number of APs in my district but they have nowhere to reside. In fact, it forced me to go to the emergency fund of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to, at least, get them temporary structures. I think we need to think seriously about our police force. Many at times, we are quick at criticizing our police force but if you look at the ratio of our police force to the population of this country and compare it to other countries where probably, the crime rate is low, then you will realize that probably we are not really doing badly. But one comment that I have to make and somehow I have seen the Commissioner of Police in this House --- I want to be very candid on this matter because I will give an example in my area. The Administration Police (AP) is probably doing a better job than the regular police in my place. You will find the AP arresting criminals with evidence and I witnessed this last month. These officers take the criminals to the police cells, but the regular police release them. This frustrates and disheartens them. I do not think this is the best way to go. There should be harmony between the regular police and the APs so that they can work for the benefit of the society."
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