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    "id": 253286,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Moroto",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Health",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Lesrima for bringing this important Motion today. 586 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 19, 2006 There is nothing much we can say unless the officers in charge of security in Kenya come up and do what is necessary. This is not the first time hon. Members are discussing such an important issue that is affecting the security of Kenyans. It has become a play. Maybe, one wants to know what can so and so say and, thereafter, it remains in this House. I pray that we change the way we behave today. I am also grateful that His Excellency the President has announced that on Friday, it will be a national prayer day for Kenyans to come together and remember their God. Maybe, we have gone wrong somewhere. I remember that when the former Government was handing over and the current Government was taking over, there was no joy. Instead of the one taking over appreciating, they were just beating their chests, instead of knowing that it is God who put them there. Even those who were going out were not feeling good. I know that because I was affected by what happened. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you go to West Pokot and Turkana, there are so many security officers in those areas. My colleagues have mentioned the Kenya Army. Even in Kanyarkwat, that is the border between Trans-Nzoia, West Pokot and Uganda, there is a military barracks there. In Kacheliba Constituency, there is a whole unit there. But what are they doing? We also have Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), General Service Unit (GSU), Administration Police (AP) and the Kenya Police in those areas. If the system does not change--- If the way information is relayed from the district to the national level--- I know the Minister is being misled. There was a Question which was raised by Mr. Leshore today, demanding to know how much money was given for security operations in Samburu only. They said that it was Kshs8.3 million. Even the security officers in Kapenguria are complaining that they have not been paid their dues. Where does that money go? Is it sent to that place and then returned back to Nairobi for some people to use? We know that those young men are devoted to serve their people. But they are not given their rightful dues. In fact, at one time, the issue was in the Press that some officers were interdicted for demanding their rights. My colleagues have mentioned the conflict over the little resources that we have. The conflict between West Pokot and Trans-Nzoia is only because of water."
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