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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Minister was moving the Vote of his Ministry, he indicated that following the publication of the corruption index, the Ministry was shown to be leading in terms of perception. As a consequence, they began something they are calling the \"Rapid Results Initiative (RRI).\" It is very easy for someone to stand on the Floor of this House and talk about the grandiose idea of the RRI. Where are the rapid results? Who is seeing them? We cannot just keep talking about funny stories from the villages about the rapid results initiative. It is extremely important that the Office of the President finds ways of eliminating this perception. It is the face of the country! If, indeed, Kenyans perceive it to be the most corrupt, then what are they July 10, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2377 telling us? These guys have no business here. They should just pack and go home. They may have run out of ideas and we are willing to give them or inject fresh blood and ideas. They need to consult. You cannot just stand up and tell us that you have initiated something called \"The Rapid Results Initiative,\" this or the other. All that exists in their minds. There is nothing on the ground. There is nothing! Who is doing what, to achieve what results rapidly? These are just political slogans that have been concocted. The Minister talked about coming up with a scheme of service for chiefs and their assistants, among other things. I was surprised to hear the Minister say that, among other things, they have tried to come up with are suggestions to provide chiefs with motorbikes for transport. Just to show how innovative this Ministry is, the so-called pilot scheme involves the provision of six motorbikes to a province as expansive as Eastern Province. Can you imagine six motorbikes, yet they say they are piloting? I do not know! Six motorbikes in a whole province? That is how innovative this Ministry is! If, as a result of providing six motorbikes to a province, you are expecting to get rapid results, then no wonder that nothing is coming out of the initiative. It is no wonder that there is runaway crime in the country. Those gentlemen and ladies in the locations and sub-locations are the very embodiment of the Government. They are the people who should fit into the system of where criminals are hiding and where people involved in the consumption of funny substances such as bhang are. It is those fellows at that low level who should provide the necessary information. If they are not considered in terms of proper transportation or pool transport--- Something very funny is happening in the Government. The Minister said that the Government will provide saloon cars to districts where people have never seen tarmac. Of course, they should expect, it is not rocket science, that within three to four months, those cars will be off the road. Therefore, the administrators, at whatever level, will begin living from hand to mouth. Therefore, it is critical that when they talk about buying 155 vehicles in the last financial year and that they are hoping that with the increase in that provision, they could buy a few more. If we look at what they are talking about, we will see that they are talking about buying six motorbikes for a province as big as Eastern Province. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we talk about escalating crime in the country, but I keep wondering--- The right hand must know what the left hand is doing. It cannot be said to be unrelated; the idea of detection of crime and the actual commission of it, so that you can send ordinary policemen and officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to go and investigate a crime that has already taken place. But where is the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS), to whom we allocate billions? Why are they not able to feed the other systems with information about possible hot spots? My only explanation is that the office is in bed. They need to be woken up. They are not serious! I think the Minister did so well when he was in charge of transport. I think that is where he--- You know! He went into an office which is a bit chaotic. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister also said that even the Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit falls under his docket. He said that they are buying new equipment for calibration and such-like things. You can see the Minister still remembers the good work he did as the Minister for Transport. But could he be asked to also try to train our policemen in matters to do with time? Now, they are no longer detecting crime. One hon. Member said that they are used to protecting VIPs and things like those. But they are also being used to do very useless jobs of standing by the roundabouts in the City of Nairobi and raising their hands for ten minutes. They do not know what is happening on the other side. They are part of the congestion that you find in the City. I think it is a question of being re-oriented!"
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