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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": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe asked about administrative units that were gazetted in 2018. It also applies to the ones gazetted in 2017, 2021 and 2022. As I said earlier, we have phased operationalisation. In the Supplementary Budget, we asked for about Ksh2.5 billion to operationalise all units. I can combine that Question with the one by my friend, Hon. Mutuse. The reason we are unable to post DCCs and ACCs to some places is that it is not just enough that an officer has already been hired and is earning a salary elsewhere. You need an operational budget that allows them to move and conduct meetings. They need AIE. The other thing is that they need offices. In some instances, divisions were gazetted, but there was no office. We need to work together. Some Members have come to us and said they will use the NG-CDF to build offices. We appreciate that partnership. Other Members have even said they can use their money to hire an office for an ACC to start working because of security concerns. Some counties, like Baringo, have acute security needs. Members of Parliament, including Hon. Makilap, have been of great support. There is also a need for vehicles to ease movement. It is not enough to gazette; you must provide a budget for operationalisation. The second last question is from Hon. Gikaria. I was in Nakuru with him for a function on mobile registration and free issuance of identity cards to people applying for the first time. The mother of Brian Odhiambo confronted me on the investigations related to her husband. It is a very unfortunate case. I do not want to jeopardise investigations or prejudice the prosecution that will follow. It is true that an investigation was done. However, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers created an inordinate delay. They denied the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers proper and timely access to the park. I do not know why they were protecting them and what happened to Brian Odhiambo. The good news is that the DCI was convinced that the report was adequate for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to act. The file is already with the DPP. It is an independent office. I cannot order the DPP on what to do with the file. I have been assured that prosecution is coming. Therefore, we shall fulfil our promise to the mother of Brian Odhiambo that justice will be done in this case and other similar cases where citizens face such an attack. I wish to repeat that there are troubling areas, including Kapen and Eldo locations in Marakwet, and Moron in Tiatich. The only troubling part is Soi Monsoi Location in Loruk. This is not just a fight about livestock. It is a combination of factors. Cattle rustling in Samburu is about stealing livestock and pushing for administrative boundaries between communities. That is the case in Loruk, where there is a conflict between communities regarding administrative boundaries. They disguise the issue as theft of livestock, and that is why there have been many attacks. We have a strategy for dealing with it. The firearms of some of the NPRs subjected to investigations were taken for ballistic investigations. However, we promised they would be returned before the end of this week. I thank the NPRs and the police for doing a fantastic job. I promise the Member that we have a strategy for what to do as a Ministry. The National Police Service has a strategy. We will deal with that corner and also the border between Marakwet and Tiaty Constituencies. We will also deal with Samburu, which is the current hotspot. On the same issue, the Member has asked whether we also recover livestock. People do not thank our police officers because we recover more than 90 per cent of stolen livestock. In all these cases, whether in Samburu, Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot or Laikipia Counties, we have recovered 90 per cent of the livestock stolen. In some instances, we recover 100 per cent of the livestock. As long as we recover the livestock and face the bandits, we will make it very painful for them because they will not benefit from their theft. Unfortunately, we lost two lives in Loruk: a Chief and a resident who was also attacked. We want to ensure that we work hard to minimise loss of life. There will always be thieves, but if our police officers are alert, we can make it painful for the thieves and eventually arrest The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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