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    "id": 389736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "distribution of the police force in the whole country. Why are some areas left to man their security using vigilantes while other areas man their areas using the regular police? That is not fair. We should also look at the per capita employment of the police force from all the communities in this country. Why do we find only one ethnic group manning roadblocks? There are only two ethnic groups; I do not have to mention them. This should be looked into and actually checked, because it is not proper. It is, indeed, not proper to refuse to include the governor in the county security team, when he manages that county as an elected leader. He is actually denied his rightful law entitlement in that county to be in the security team; and then we come out and cry left and right about crime. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. G. G. Kariuki has talked about politicization of the police force from 1987. Actually it is from 1966, only that it was politicization – I am sorry to say so – during his time as the chief of the security team in the country. The truth is that this politicization is on even now. If the Government really wants to deny what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has said, then let them pick a page and print all the names of the people who have been given land in the Coast, when the title deeds were given and the size of the land. Land is an issue of security in this country, whether in Kwale, Ijara or Kuria. That must be addressed if we have to maintain security, instead of running to vigilantes and so on. Let us request the Government to review all the groups that have been hitherto labeled as blacklisted vigilantes. The Sungu Sungu in Kisii is doing a very good job in maintaining security. Iritongo in Kuria is also doing a very good job. Of course, we have other groups like Mungiki which I do not know about. But then there are other groups which are doing a very great job in trying to maintain peace. This must be included in this system of vigilantes who must from now be considered as per the law. Our Constitution actually addresses this issue of remuneration of village elders and their systems. We"
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