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"speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the President",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that most police stations are faced with perennial shortage of fuel for their vehicles. However, sometimes, suppliers withhold fuel for Officers Commanding Police Divisions (OCPDs) at the beginning of the quota before the physical arrival of the Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) and cheques in the districts. This is usually the time when police stations experience fuel shortages. In addition, unexpected security situations arise, which require prompt action. These consume fuel budgeted for the following month, and thus occasion a shortage for that month. (b) The steps that are being taken to address the problem include ensuring that AIEs to Provincial Police Officers (PPOs) and OCPDs are accompanied by cheques, issuing of special security AIEs to supplement the normal allocation, prudent use of resources available to avoid wastage and misuse, putting up of more police posts in areas known for high criminal incidence, use of new vehicles with low operational costs, and use of communication gadgets and radios to pre-empt criminal activities. However, I wish to state that the nature of police operations require enormous resources, which include fuel and vehicles, which the current budgetary allocation cannot meet, hence the need for more budgetary allocation. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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