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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will start from hon. Ogindo. I want to put the record straight that there was no military intervention in Tana River. It was not also invited in what happened in Garissa. That is very clear. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the clarification sought by hon. Munyaka and hon. Mututho is the same. It is an issue of using technology. I would agree fully with them that with technology a job that is manually done by 600 officers can be done by a group of not more than ten officers. This just calls for resources and you will need armoured vehicles. You will also need a lot of specialized equipment. This brings me to what hon. Samoei was asking in terms of whether we are getting value for money. I want to respond by saying that this Ministry is not given a lot of money. I appeared before a Parliamentary committee yesterday and I informed the Committee that security agencies are under-funded by 48 per cent of the required budget. We requested for Kshs125 billion this financial year but we were only allocated Kshs65 billion. That is slightly more than a half, 52 per cent. So, the much the security officers are doing with respect to police services is actually their best given the available resources that they are given. I want to make a kind appeal to this House, as we go to the Supplementary Estimates that is coming before the end of the life of this House---- We are now approaching the general election. Surely, even if we have to stop doing one road, I kindly request that enough resources be allocated to the security agencies to be able to deal with this heightened tension as we approach the general election. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to respond to my good friend hon. William Samoei and actually tell him that I am not casual when I say one community raids the other. I want to make it very clear that I am a pastoralist 100 per cent, pastoralist No.1. This is to"
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