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    "content": "should instead promote love and caring for one another. We should not be working as if we all live in our own cocoons. This time round, we need to put in more resources into this. In the Budget, we saw that this docket was given a good portion of the national cake. However, this Motion is directed to the Department of Interior and Coordination of national Government because we need coordination as this money is being spent. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the Department of Internal Security need to work together and see where great priority is needed. We know each docket and each Ministry plans for its own activities, but the time has come when we must have a co- ordinated approach in order to make the best use of the limited resources the Government has for development. For the Senate, I believe we are saying that insecurity is high on the agenda. We suggest or we propose that roads or connectivity be brought all over across the country, especially in the security hot spots. We also want to urge our colleagues, the politicians, to preach peace. No matter what infrastructure we put in place or how many policemen are put out there, unless the leaders themselves decide we want to be secure--- Unless we decide that we want our people to be secure and the citizens themselves make that decision, I do not think all the infrastructures in the world will bring about that security. But the Government has the biggest portion of the responsibility. It must make sure that security forces can reach any area at any time. We do not want to be told again when you are calling the police informing them you really need their help; “we do not have petrol” or “we do not have a vehicle,” or “can you send me a vehicle to come and bring me?” Those are issues which we have experienced now and then. Sometimes we do not know whether it is our police who really are reluctant to do their work, or whether it is because of lack of resources. We have been told that enough money has now been allocated to supply them with the equipment that they need. Furthermore, Madam Temporary Speaker, we also appreciate that we are in a country where we are receiving a lot of people coming from our borders as refugees, sometimes crossing with guns. We need to tighten the security at our borders because the more firearms that come into the country, the higher the rate of insecurity. For us, we act as the good neighbour, and Kenya has done that with distinction. We also would urge the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies to make sure that they support Kenya to the full in order to curb insecurity, especially that which infiltrates us from our boundaries. On our security forces, it is very disheartening when you hear that sometimes maybe those police officers who have lost their jobs--- I do not know who exactly, but there are people who are from the trained security forces who participate in crime. We would like to urge the leadership in the police department, especially the Inspector- General (IG) and all those other people, to instill proper discipline. We know our forces are well trained. We have very good institutions, but because of corruption that seems to seep in everywhere, it is very disheartening when we read that instead of being the ones to secure safety for the citizens, some of them get involved and are actually caught up in crime. They should find out anyone of those and severely discipline them and definitely remove them from the forces. Then we should also follow up on those who have retired; what are they doing? Are they also in possession of firearms? It is not possible that those The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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