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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Katuku",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Water and Irrigation",
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        "legal_name": "John Mutua Katuku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am sure the Minister has heard that my brother is insecure, and he needs some security. All of us are leaders and, therefore, we need to speak with one voice when dealing with insecurity problems. 2444 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 11, 2007 This will enable us to address those problems once and for all. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Government, we must look at how we can best engage our youth. As the Minister for Water and Irrigation, I strongly believe that if we can allocate enough resources to my Ministry and engage the youth in activities like irrigation, the Minister will require less money. That is why I am appealing to this House, that we need to allocate more money to engage our youth in economic activities. This is because most of our youth engage in criminal activities due to unemployment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about the issue of the mobility of our Government officers. I have discussed this issue with the Minister. I want to thank him because he has assured me that he will allocate adequate vehicles to the DOs and other Government officers in my constituency. The Minister has assured us that using the money that the Ministry has been allocated, he will buy enough vehicles so that all our officers can move around and attend to different situations. However, most of the vehicles, especially, the turbo-type, that the Government buys, break down almost as soon as they are bought. The Minister should consider re-training our drivers, because we spend a lot money to buy these vehicles. The turbo-type of vehicles break down two or three months after they are bought, because the drivers do not seem to understand how to use them. I would like to imagine that some of the drivers started their careers when this type of vehicles were not in operation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have seen so many vehicles parked in our yards because of the mishandling of the turbo-type of vehicles. So, I would want to appeal to the Minister to look at how he can re-train these drivers to be able to handle the new vehicles that are coming to the force. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of motivation of our officers is also a major concern. We need to further motivate our officers. I want to thank the Minister for the effort he has done so far in increasing their salaries. However, as many Members have said, this increment is inadequate. We need to look at how we can further motivate our officers, so that they can work with zeal and strength and combat crime in this country. However, it is also important that as we look at the qualifications of those to recruit in the forces, we emphasise on the merits. We should not emphasise on recruiting people because of political reasons. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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