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    "id": 358849,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, incidents of insecurity now are no longer sporadic or isolated. They seem to be calculated in a way that makes us think that it is possible that the police are not acting on their core duty, which is detection and prevention of crime. We expect that the NIS and the Police Service are working in tandem. If that is so, how come the Government is now acting only after the event and not before? How come? Something must be wrong and I want to repeat what hon. Linturi said, that it is possible that our police force is thoroughly demoralized. In this period of transition they do not seem to understand where their role is going to be. The fact that the Government intends to spend Kshs4 billion on equipment for the police should not be a factor for us to be happy about. This is because the police will spend two-thirds of that money to purchase luxury vehicles for themselves, yet that will not serve the purpose. It is possible that within this House and the Senate, there are hon. Members who are putting fire and petrol on these incidents. Recently a Member of the Senate had the audacity to state in a public rally that part of my constituency up to a place called Daraja Mbili should go to Western Province. That has created chaos in both Western and Nyanza provinces. When these matters are reported to the commission on integration nothing happens. Mr. Kibunjia and his commission do nothing about it. I want to come back to the issue of equipment to the police force. Look at the stretch between Kisumu and Maseno. This is a highway that connects Kenya to Central Africa, and where incidents of crime are very high. The APs in Kisumu North have been asking for a Land Rover, but they have not got any. They have to borrow one from the DC or my office for them to act. Could the Leader of the Majority Party explain how vehicles are distributed within the counties?"
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