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"speaker_name": "Mr. Michuki",
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"content": ". Already, District Commissioners, District Officers, chiefs and assistant chiefs have been retrained and re-orientated to enable them render customer-focused and friendly services. In addition, my Ministry has developed a customer care management system which will be launched in the course of this financial year. It entails the introduction of complaint boxes and customer care desks which will be manned by officers trained in public relation skills. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, during the financial year, the proposed 38 new districts, which were recently gazetted, are expected to be operationalised. However, my request for an additional budgetary provision for the proposed districts has not been granted. I will, therefore, be requesting for additional funds in the course of the year to cater for the seed capital to start off those districts. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, survey work is going on in the proposed districts where leaders have resolved key issues such as boundaries, names and headquarters. Indeed, there are about seven districts which are yet to agree on the three fundamental requirements. I request them to finish that before the survey is completed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to report that, over the last financial year, crime in urban areas and along major highways has, generally, been on the decline. That can be attributed to the changes that we have introduced in crime management, and the resources that the Government has committed for that purpose. I wish to assure this House that the structure that has been developed to reduce crime in July 11, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1945 those areas will continue to be strengthened during this financial year, through the acquisition of modern equipment and skills development training programmes that have been planned. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, across the border crime continues to be a major challenge. We, however, believe that the on-going multi-sectoral Government development programme in the North-Rift, North Eastern and Upper Eastern, whose components include disarmament, peace initiatives and the use of the military to implement development projects will result in reduced incidences of that type of crime. In addition, police visibility in crime prone areas has been enhanced through deployment of additional officers, and the provision of equipment to both the regular and Administration Police forces. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since crime occurs within a social environment, the provincial and district security committees will continue to conduct public campaigns on security awareness, in order to elicit public support in combating the menace. The police forces are now adopting modern technology and a new policing practice in crime management. As a consequence, milestone breakthroughs have been achieved in crime detection and prevention."
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