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    "content": "For instance, Madam Temporary Speaker, we are proposing, I and my brother from Turkana, those officers who have been identified by the Government and who are being referred to as Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) need to be formalized, paid salaries and put in strategic camps. They should be put in camps that are five kilometers apart where we have the two communities living together. This is a local arrangement that can work because we take direct responsibility should anything go wrong. By this, we are telling county governors to take total charge of security situations in their areas. The areas are not the same. There are certain areas in Nairobi where you cannot walk at night and yet during the day, the places are very secure. These are some of the incidences that we have. I am calling upon the two levels of government to ensure that what is required by the local wananchi is done. In some areas, we do not have roads. Three days ago, I went to Turkana County. However, there are no roads there. For us to manage insecurity and incidences of cattle rustling, we must have a road network that can easily be reached. One other thing as we attempt to look at the issue of insecurity is the communication network which is lacking there. There are areas where you may want to know what is happening but you cannot do that since there is no communication network. There are no boosters and in some areas you cannot even access the radio including the famous Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). You cannot get the KBC signal. We call upon the national Government charged with this responsibility, as Sen. Murkomen proposed, to hand over some functions that they cannot perform. We also have village elders who play a very crucial role. Have we ever thought about those people who risk their lives so that they are honoured by the Government by being given an amount even as little as what they have been giving the elderly people? I am told a few counties benefited from that. Elderly people from the age of 65 and above are given Kshs2,000 per month. How much would it cost to honour a few elders who are champions of peace? If we gave them that little money, we may curb this problem which has become a menace in some areas. This also gives a bad picture especially when investors want to come to our counties. The minute insecurity appears or is assumed to be an issue, then you can be sure that investors become wary. Madam Temporary Speaker, I rose to support this Motion and inform the Mover that it is not only roads that will curb this. What other ideas are going to be built here, so that insecurity will be totally arrested? Like I said, we need to formalize the Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs), so that they become a serious and strong arm of the Government that can fight this problem at the grassroots. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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