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    "id": 29095,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
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    "content": "I will ask the Committee on Administration and National Security that when they will be bringing amendments to this House, they should re-look very carefully at Clause 41 on county policing authorities, so that we maintain consistencies when we talk about the county policing authorities because this is a new input that is coming in where county governments are also going to play a big role in working hand in hand with the national security policing institutions to enforce security. I will also refer you to Clause 21(e) and 41(3). There has to be some consistency in terms of the members who the county governor is supposed to appoint. Are they six, seven or ten? I think we have to be very consistent here so that we do not have two articles that conflict each other. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the same clause sub-section 7, I have seen that many authorities that we have passed in this House, we have maintained a consistency of three years and then re-appointment for another term but this specific one talks of two years. Within two years, the members of that authority will not have sufficient time to have worked enough. Let us make it consistent with all the other authorities and say three years so that all these are consistent. The other issue is on the National Police Reserve, Clause 112. This is reformed because we are talking of moving away from the Kenya Police Reserve to form a National Police Reserve. If you look at Clause 112(2), it states that:- “Notwithstanding subsection (1) where there is a state of war or a state of emergency under Article 58 of the Constitution, every reserve police officer shall serve for the duration of the war or emergency, or for as long as the regulations are in force---“ Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue that I want to bring up here is that you may realize that certain parts of this country may not be relevant to be equated to a state of war or a state of emergency, for instance, the conflict and insecurity of cattle rustling areas in upper Eastern and Turkana where even now, we have Kenya Police Reservists working. We may need to bring in an amendment to this clause to say that in situations of instability, this can be--- I beg to support."
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