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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The need for police reservists is, in fact, a manifestation that the number of police officers in the service is far below the ideal number required to effectively cover all our areas and our entire population. It is also evidence that we have not, as a country, taken care of the police officers available in the service in a manner that they can render effective service to the population. But we also accept that some parts of our country are so vast, so sparsely populated and the terrain so harsh that we cannot cover these areas through the normal police structures. I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to those Kenyans who have offered themselves to serve as police reservists on a voluntary basis, and yet they have been able to commit themselves, dedicate themselves and offer security to our population. Some of them have put their lives on the line and they have made huge sacrifices without any compensation whatsoever. The truth is that they assist immensely in providing security for the well being of our communities because they understand their local situations very"
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