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    "content": "First, I think police services should be transferred from the national Government to the counties. There is no way our counties are going to be strong and maintain good security if the police services are not transferred from the national Government. This can only be done if these matters are left to the National Police Commission. They are the only body or Commission that can look at this matter in a critical manner without any bias. There is no way the police can regulate themselves. So, we should not leave it to the Inspector-General to deal with these issues. Madam Temporary Speaker, we know that police reservists for a very long time in this country have been ignored. As many Senators have said, they have never been taken care of. For example, in Trans Nzoia County, I have seen several of them carrying guns and walking bare foot. That state is very deplorable. It really concerns me how they are taken care of in this country. This Motion will go a long way in supporting them so that we can ensure that there is a proper framework on how they are trained, engaged and their terms of remuneration are properly set. I urge that everybody supports this Motion so that we can have a disciplined group of people who are actually given possession of guns to handle our security. As it is right now, many of our community policing is just in the hands of a ragtag band of young men who have no sense of discipline and who have not been trained to even handle security issues. Because of this, often you will find that community policing in many of our counties is not properly done. I would like to emphasize that there is need now, more than ever before, in this country to deploy police services to the county governments. I support."
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