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    "id": 389742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/389742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwakulegwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 101,
        "legal_name": "Danson Mwazo Mwakulegwa",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, we have ventilated so much on issues of security, but first and foremost, let me say that land issues create insecurity. What the President did last time was that he only issued 100 of the 60,000 title deeds which were ready. We, the local leaders, are issuing them to the right people. If we find out that the titles have been earmarked for the wrong people, we point it out and they will be cancelled. That is the stand we took as Coast leaders. With regard to security, what we need to do is to be innovative while handling security issues. We should have civilian police county units who should be paid by the county governments. If every county employed 200 civilian police, we would have 10,000 and they would actually help in combating and making sure that there is security. Secondly, these people should be paid by the county governments. As it is, many of the police reservists go for handouts from the county governors. So, we should now streamline it and have civilian county police units; policing should be devolved up to the county level. We also need to have criteria for recruiting police reservists. Instead of these people being nominated or appointed by politicians, we should have recruitment criteria which are very clear. Anybody serving as a police reservist should have particular qualifications. They should also be trained at the county level. As we speak, we have County Police Commanders who can actually undertake to train these people so that we can enhance security at the rural level and at the county level. Thank you."
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