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    "id": 1525945,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will be as brief as possible. On the question of preventive measures in Kirinyaga, we have listed them in the responses. Some of the preventive measures that we apply include early preparations, working with local communities, strengthening the Nyumba Kumi Initiative, intelligence gathering, and training officers. All of them are listen there. Concerning the question by Sen. Mumma, I agree with her that this is the time to do so. This is not just a role that is played by the national Government. County governments also have a responsibility. To be fair, last year, county governments did some good job, working together with the national Government. The only challenge we continue facing as a country is budgetary constraints. Kisumu County is one of the areas that are forecast to have higher than normal rains. It is important for us to do what we need to do now. We will do everything humanly possible within the budget that we have. Regarding Sen. Wakili Sigei’s question, to be honest, Nyayo House needs urgent attention, particularly when it comes to the lifts. I have an office there. Most of the times I get stuck in the lift. So, I have a personal experience. You have also talked about leaking roofs and so on and so forth. When you have austerity measures, you struggle between providing social services such as healthcare and others and renovations. That is why we are in that situation. However, we will see what to do with Nyayo House. We are implementing the Justice Maraga Report in total. That includes improved salaries for police officers at lower cadres. The issue of transfers and many others are being worked out. I hope I will have an opportunity in future to come and expound further because this is an important report for us since it was the first task force that the President established when he took office. Moving to the question by Sen. Mandago, indeed, I will be going to Marsabit soon. I will inform the Senator for Marsabit so that we can have a personal view. Many things have been happening in Marsabit. We have done massive operations in Marsabit County to deal with issues of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), drugs and many others. We will have an opportunity to visit there with him so that we see what is happening. On the issue of KWS, what happened in Tana River and Nakuru was of great concern to us. We have been in a conversation with the Director General of the KWS. We will enhance that conversation between the National Police Service (NPS) and KWS to see whether there is a problem amongst KWS officers that needs to be dealt with to ensure that we avert such situations in the future. Finally, I agree with Sen. Kavindu Muthama. It is true that we have challenges in Matungulu in Machakos County. Those challenges are also related to criminal gangs which are owned by politicians in Matungulu. We have been seeing resurgence of political gangs or criminals posing as political gangs and pretending to be working for politicians across the country. We have experienced that in Western, Rift Valley, Mombasa, and Matungulu in Machakos among other areas. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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