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    "id": 389689,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this very important Motion. I must say that the history of police reservists in this country is a checkered one. You do remember that in the 1980s, there was tremendous controversy about police reservists because they were misused by the State. Eventually there was even a sentiment during the NARC Government that the idea of police reservists should be abolished so that all police officers should be known and should be in uniform and be mobilized as such. But history is not static; we have now come a long way with a devolved Government and we have also realized that you do not necessarily need to throw the baby away with the bath water. Therefore, although we had problems with police reservists some time ago, it is now time to sanitize the concept and ensure that the idea of police reservism is used effectively for ensuring security of the individual society and the nation. It is in that regard of sanitizing police reservism that I stand to speak. I would actually go further and ask this House and the nation, maybe, to reflect whether we should call them police reservists or we call them the civilian police force so that we have a concept that is in line with our present Constitution and devolved Government. In other jurisdictions like France, the United States and others, you will find that police work at the local level is a very important aspect of security. Indeed, in Switzerland, everybody is trained in security and any Swiss can be mobilized any time to do the work of security because people are not afraid of each other. There is a high level of equality. At the moment, we cannot do that in this country. There are some people if they got hold of a gun, they may terrorize everybody else. So, that is why we may need to have a civilian"
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