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    "speaker_name": "The Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security (",
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    "content": "Mr. ole Metito): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to start with hon. Oyugi’s concern. He asked why the officers who were less than 25 years old and inexperienced were deployed. There will be a recruitment exercise for police officers tomorrow across the whole country and everybody has seen that the minimum age requirement is 18 years. I believe that the 25 year old officers have met the requisite age to join the police service. Secondly, in terms of experience, it takes the police 15 months to undergo the training. I want to assure this House that it was not the experience which was lacking. I want to give an example here. We had a similar problem in Tana River. The police officers who had just graduated--- After the official pass out, they headed to Tana River. They were 1,600. From that day, no life was lost and no attack was made again in Tana River. That tells you that it is not a must for you to be experienced to go for your duties. It is just that the terrain was terrible in Suguta Valley or Baragoi; two, there was an ambush on these officers. It was a trap. It is very difficult, however experienced you are, to get out of an ambush."
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