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"content": "take care of the people and we should not see women carrying guns in Turkana. We should not have a situation where civilians own guns and look for ammunition in order to take care of their security. But the unfortunate thing is that, that is not the ideal situation. We have a reality where in various parts of the country, especially in the north, security has been a major issue. We were born when these issues were being discussed and they are still being discussed. There are Senators who were there like my good friend, Sen. G.G. Kariuki. He is the one who is now saying that we should take these things very seriously. Please, let us take them seriously once and for all. Let us get done with them, even if it is just for this term, so that in the next term, then our people can start enjoying the benefit of having this Constitution and the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are calling for these police reservists because they know the terrain of these areas. First, there are no roads there and so, even if you send ten vehicles there, the criminals will just run into bushes. I think that the young people in these areas understand the terrain. Secondly, they also know the early warning signs. For example, they can tell you that there were young people who passed at night. They always have their own ways of knowing the early warning signs, which our security apparatus are not able to know. They are also on the ground and so, can easily follow up. They actually even sometimes call and ask us what to do next. Since we do not want revenge, sometimes we tell them to wait for the security apparatus to follow the culprits. But most of the time, they ask us: “What do we do? We are so helpless. We have just witnessed our mother, brother and sister being shot dead here?” Really, Kenyans are looking up to us, as leaders. What do we do to ensure that the security of all Kenyans, regardless of where they are, is taken care of? Madam Temporary Speaker, if it has taken 50 years and we are discussing the same thing, who is benefitting? Maybe there are Kenyans who are benefiting from the death of people in this country. As the Senate, we want to know why after 50 years, we are still talking about the security of Kenyans in different parts of this country. We want to know whether it is a business or there are people who are benefiting from this, so that we can then become real. I know that the Inspector General (IG) and this Senate has received so many petitions. That is why it would be unfortunate if this ends as a Motion and nothing is done to finally look into these issues. But, of course, we have to agree that it has to be done in a systematic way. These reservists have to be disciplined and all the issues that have been discussed here have to be worked on. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that there are new threats in our counties right now. Now that we have moved to the counties, jobs are now there. The administrators are now in the counties and that is the next source of threat. In Mandera and other places now, people are asking about distribution of resources including the jobs and what the Constitution has brought in place. So, it is about time we sat down and thought about the threats that are there even in our counties and how to deal with them. There is the issue of whether or not we should leave this to the county governments. I know that there are various counties right now which are trying to put in place what we are discussing here. So, it is better if we discuss it in a certain framework to ensure that there are policies in place, because there are certain counties which are already thinking about it. If we are not careful, the KPRs may end being the foot soldiers of the governor there, who will just be protecting the interests of that community. We"
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