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    "id": 382462,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not have a lot to say because the hon. Senators who have contributed to this Motion have talked quite a lot. I want to say that I have learnt a lot from their contributions. Having said that, I think it is important for the Senators to know that the Inspector-General applied for Kshs150 billion to be allocated to the police, but what he got, according to the Estimates, is Kshs80 billion. So, there was a short fall of about Kshs70 billion. That means that a lot of what he wanted to do cannot be done this year. I want to agree with quite a number of my friends starting from Sen. Mugo who talked about whether this matter can be committed to a Bill so that it can be more effective than just a resolution of the House. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, also my great friend, said that the Kenya Police Reservists need to be paid. As the last speaker has just said, you cannot have a district security committee or security elders, but they are not given anything by the system. They meet and after meeting, they start looking for their Members of Parliament and ask whether they can get something. They argue that they have been working, but they do not get anything from the administration. All these committees were started because of the failure of the central government to manage security. They shifted the managed of security to the people on ad hoc basic without really formalizing that kind of system. There is also another group known as public security committees. The Government has been trying to talk too much about security, but I want to agree with Sen. Kajwang that the Government should give authority to the people to determine what kind of security they want in their own areas. They should be given support and also they should be given whatever they want. Human beings just like me and you need facilitation. If you send to Turkana a young man who is newly married with two children, to chase criminals up to the border and he is ill-equipped, do you think he will risk his life? The young man needs facilitation to be able to deal with such a situation. You cannot change other things and leave others because they are interrelated. If we want to train our people differently, we have to come out and decide to spend whatever is supposed to be spent. A lot has been said by Senators and that is what I am underscoring and everybody is convinced that this Motion is appropriate and it came at the right time. I beg to move."
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