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    "id": 345265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ombui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Moriasi Ombui",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for allowing me to add my voice to this very important Bill. This Bill is more important at this time because we are going to the elections. It is very important in the sense that these individuals in the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security are the ones concerned with the security of the people. More importantly, we must realize that different Ministries have deployed people to the grassroots level. I do not see the reason for indicating that this specific department is not so important because we have no close substitutes as far as county governments are concerned. When we look at the county governments, the person at the helm of leadership is the governor and below him we have the county representatives. These individuals cannot offer the services at the location level or sub-locations. Below all these officers we have the village elders. These people are important because they look at security matters and can also identify the criminal activities in the community. They can indicate where any criminal is found and also give accurate report on those individuals. The Governors are elected by different parties. If you find that the President is of a different party, there is no way a governor from a specific party can give the president accurate information if he comes from a different party. The Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security must ensure that people get services they want. The mission of this specific department in the Constitution indicates the importance of the department. At the same time when you look at the Constitution, you will see how information is supposed to be relayed from above to the grassroots level. Therefore, I request the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to put down the rules and regulations considering Article 21 and be more specific, so that we may not give the chiefs and sub-chiefs a leeway where they may be tempted to commit criminal activities while hiding behind the Act. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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