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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would also like to start my contribution on this Motion with the issue of constituencies. Last term, we agreed that a Motion should be brought to this House in order to create more constituencies. To date, nothing has happened. This is a very important Ministry, and if we are not careful, it will not deliver at all. If you look at what appears on the Printed Estimates, in the Recurrent Vote, they have factored in some funds to the tune of kshs240 million and Kshs300 million for each department of the police. That item is known as \"Specialized Material\". When the Minister is replying, he should tell us what \"Specialized Material\" means. What are those specialized materials? If you go to the Police Airwing Department, they have factored in Kshs400 million for the overhaul of vehicles. Even if they wanted to pocket that money, they should have looked for something else! They cannot 2048 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 12, 2006 overhaul vehicles at a cost of Kshs400 million. It is not possible! The Minister should come here and tell us which vehicles are going to be overhauled at a cost of Kshs400 million. Ordinarily, if you were to go for new vehicles, you can buy 2,000 Toyota Prados with that money. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of retrenchment, we have said here that if any Government department wants to retrench workers, they cannot do it arbitrarily without bringing a Sessional Paper in this House. It was agreed that a Sessional Paper should be brought to this House so that we can debate on its merits and demerits, and then the House can give you the authority to go ahead and retrench. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to talk about hardship allowances for policemen and policewomen. It is so sad that police officers are still getting Kshs20 as hardship allowance. This is unheard of! There is no country where you can disburse Kshs20 as hardship allowance. The Minister knows that even during the precambrian days, you could not be given Kshs20 as hardship allowance. I would like to request the Minister to improve on the hardship allowance of police officers. Regarding police officers' housing, it is common knowledge and my colleagues have also talked about it. As long as you cannot house police officers adequately, they will continue taking bribes from citizens. Let us be serious! In fact, this Ministry needs a serious Minister who says something which will be heard by all Kenyans! The reason why I am saying that this Ministry requires a serious Minister is because when we talk about security or \"insecurity\", you will remember how we have been taken round in circles when we asked about the Armenians. We were told in this House that they were potential investors! On 18th March, 2006, the Interpol Report advised the Minister that they were mercenaries. The Minister came back to this House in May, 2006, and said that we were talking about potential investors. As I said last time, this is a Government project. Even if you look at what I laid on the Table last time, you will find the names of Mr. Jimmy Kibaki, Ms. Winnie Wangui, Mr. Joseph Kamau, Mr. Alfred Gitonga, the Provincial Criminal Investigation Officer (PCIO), Nairobi and the General Service Unit (GSU) Commandant. Neither of them have gone to record a statement with the police and the Minister is here telling us that these are potential investors! Where are those potential investors from?"
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