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    "id": 182747,
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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Kilimo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing",
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        "legal_name": "Linah Jebii Kilimo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this time to support this Motion. I have a few complaints to make. One of the things that people from insecure areas fear is the training police officers undergo. The police are trained to torture people in order to make them surrender. They even rape! I would like the Minister to change the training that is provided in Kiganjo Police Training College. There is poor infrastructure in areas where cattle rustling is rampant. In areas where there is insecurity, you will find that the District Commissioner (DC), the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) have no vehicles and yet, we expect them to chase thieves. Even in the urban areas, how do you expect police officers in Peugeot 504 car to go after a gang of thieves in a Mercedes Benz? We need to equip the police with proper vehicles. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for insecurity to be contained, we must get local solutions. That means that if we have to solve the problem of insecurity in Mandera, we need to get a man from that area to be, for instance, the DC there. This is because such a person is in a position to understand the pain incurred as a result of loss of cattle. The NSIS and CID officers who are sent to those areas do not even understand the local languages. Sometimes, the old men in the local area use proverbs in their speeches and sign languages which these officers do not understand. When Members of Parliament try to report cases of crime, they are asked: \"Who told you?\" The DCs also need to work with the politicians on the ground."
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