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    "content": "well and they are able, therefore, to respond to those security challenges in those local areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. (Dr.) Kuti mentioned some of the abuses witnessed as a result of the fact that some of these people walk around with firearms. Of course, some of them become partisan and they want to protect their own communities against neighbouring communities in the event of conflict. Some of them even engage in poaching because they have firearms but this, in my view, does not negate the need for their service. Madam Temporary Speaker, in an ideal situation, there would be no need for reservists; but, of course, we are not in an ideal situation. The police are grossly overwhelmed; and we know that. The small number of police officers in the service has made them so heavily overwhelmed that they cannot fulfill all the security needs. The nature of crime is changing rapidly and it is becoming sophisticated. In fact, some of it is becoming technical. The capacity of the police to investigate crime has actually declined over the years and a lot of crime is going on undetected. Further, the increasing levels of poverty have also encouraged crime and, therefore, the normal police cannot cover all these incidents. This has, therefore, given rise to the need for the emergence of more security groups. Security firms are now emerging, we are also seeing vigilante groups emerging and they are providing very good services in some areas, including in my own county. Therefore, the need for community policing has become even greater and we must all accept that the need for security is so great that it cannot be handled by the national police force alone. The formal national security apparatus cannot meet the country’s security needs and, therefore, in order to mitigate the abuse which Sen. (Dr.) Kuti referred to, I would seriously urge that we formally recognize the role and the contribution being made by the KPRs, by the community policing committees and even the committee of elders serving under the assistant chiefs. We need to recognize the role they are playing and in giving that recognition, we need to monitor; in fact, put up formal systems on recruitment and monitoring of the recruitment of officers going to serve as KPRs. We need to train, supervise and remunerate them well and, that way. I believe we will be contributing to improving the security situation in the country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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