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    "id": 243959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Salat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nick Kiptoo Korir Salat",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to join my colleagues by saying that the Minister has fairly allocated money to the districts in this year's Budget. The only discrepancy I saw was Meru Central, which was allocated Kshs110 million for construction, while Bomet was allocated only Kshs9 million. It is my hope that Bomet District will receive Kshs110 million in next year's Budget. We want to put up a new district headquarters. Insecurity is rising in Bomet District and I would like to ask the Minister to curb it. It is not surprising that the residents of Bomet are believing that the insecurity they are experiencing has something to do with the security personnel. That is because not long ago, a senior police officer in the district lost his gun and up to now, we do not know if that particular gun has been recovered. So, we are wondering: A senior officer lost his gun and insecurity has risen in the district; could there be any relation? I ask the Minister to move in immediately and restore order in Bomet Town. I have reported to the police and also talked to the Minister about a certain District Officer (DO) who seems to be colluding with criminals! That is because whenever criminals are arrested, they are seen the following day walking freely. I have reported that matter to the Minister and he has promised to take action. I trust that he will do that, so that the people could start believing in the Provincial Administration. People are afraid to go and report criminals because when they do so and the criminal is arrested, he is seen the next day walking freely in the streets. That is a very sad situation! We hope that action will be taken so that the people of Bomet, and Kenyans in general, could have trust in the Provincial Administration. There is another issue regarding security. Of late, if you read newspapers--- I do not know what is happening between Kenya and Ethiopia. We keep on hearing that there is an invasion. We keep on hearing that Kenyan security forces are engaged in skirmishes with an Ethiopian militia which has invaded our country and so on. We do not want situations where we are not living in 1974 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 11, 2006 peace. If there is a problem between Kenya and Ethiopia, it should be sorted out! We could end up losing lives. Mr.Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that also brings us to the question of strangers - the Arturs - who recently made us look like fools. They made us feel that there is something totally wrong with the security of this country. Those people were once defended by the Minister as genuine investors. They turned out to be criminals who disregarded the rule of law in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we allocate this money, we want it to be put into good use, where Kenyans could know that their lives are secure. What happened has direct implications on the investments in this country. Investors will run away if there is no security to protect their property. People invest where there is security. I have been told that, of late, Kenya Airways is having a lot of problems at Heathrow Airport. Kenyans who go out of this country are scrutinized because of an incident where we allowed strangers to come into this country and made us look like fools. We felt like lesser human beings when people came and drew guns at security personnel at the airport. If it was a Kenyan, that person would have been arrested. But we let strangers to make a fool of ourselves."
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