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    "id": 243868,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 166,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to take responsibility as national leaders and support our law enforcement agencies, so that people both in and out of this House who flout the law, can be dealt with without fear or favour. I would want to encourage the law enforcement agencies, especially the police, to take action on any inciter and any war-monger irrespective of their status. Let everybody bear responsibility for their utterances and their actions and then we can make this nation secure. I have listened to my colleague when he was moving the Motion and I have heard the areas the Ministry covers and the amount of money that is required. I would like to urge those in the Ministry to ensure that they exercise due diligence when applying the funds. They should also ensure that they are cost-effective and efficient in the use of resources. Although not all the amount of money that the Ministry had requested for has been given for the renovation of the Administration Police (APs) houses, enough money has been given for the renovation of the police houses and for the acquisition of more housing. They need to go back to their Estimates, after all, they are only Estimates, and use that money efficiently. As I urge this House to give this money to this Ministry, I would urge the officers in the Ministry to use it efficiently. Perhaps, if you exercise due diligence and efficiency in the use of these funds, they may spread over to the issue of the police lines. I have found that the prices that we have been using are not always cost-effective. With a little bit of innovative thinking and approach, it is possible for each Ministry to save money and make their Budget go a little further. This happened last year in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and it should happen in other Ministries. Let us all try to save our hard-earned taxpayers' money and make sure that it circulates and is of benefit to our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to again urge the police to become innovative in crime management and look for ways of policing each other. Unless we do that, there will be many officers who put in a lot of effort; a good day's work, and there will be a few or several who engage in corrupt practices and the perception will be that no work goes on and there is a lot of corruption. I personally think that the security situation in this country has improved compared to how we found it, but more needs to be done. I also think that services are being rendered in a more efficient manner than before, but a lot still needs to be done. Even on issues of corruption, we have seen officers being arrested in all areas, but a lot more needs to be done to remove the perception of corruption and the culture of impunity. It is not only in the Police Force or in the Office of the President that these things are happening. It is also within---"
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