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    "content": "Security is a basic and fundamental right of every Kenyan as enshrined in the Constitution. We do not see why we should be begging for security when it is a right. We do not see why, every time, we should be talking about security in our counties when we know very well that we deserve it as citizens of those counties. We need to support the Inspector General. We need to facilitate him, give him more guns and ammunition. We should even give more guns to the local Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) and if possible, remunerate them, so that they can take care of their borders. You know very well that Turkana secures three international borders on behalf of the Kenyan Government. We have security officers at some of those points, but they are not doing their work well. It is still the local people who are working on behalf of the Government. The Government should reciprocate by supporting the local efforts on the ground. The county governments should also take charge. We believe that once resources are given to them, that will take place. The Government should boost security. In the Police Force, you sometimes find a whole inspector in charge of only two policemen. Such an inspector is being under- utilized. Those officers usually fear for their lives and they leave everything to the local people. We need to promote homegrown strategies of conflict resolution and security provision by supporting the local organizations that are also supporting security. We also need to work on our access and security roads. The road from Lodwar to Kitale and Lodwar to Lokichoggio is impassable not because of it is deplorable, but because of highway bandits which the Government can also deal with. You cannot believe that in this country, there are roads that you cannot drive along without a security escort. You cannot travel from Kitale to Lodwar without security. You cannot travel from Lokori to Kapendo and to Marigat without security escorts. You cannot travel from Kakuma to Lokichoggio without security escorts and yet you are in your own country. So, besides the cross border conflict, we also have other issues to deal with within ourselves. I support."
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