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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, just to conclude, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, I really congratulate the Professor who has brought this Motion, because matters of security are very important. In fact, the reason we have governments is to ensure that we have security, law and order. That is the first important job of any Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, the issue of engagement is very important. This is because previous attempts have failed. Weaknesses in the Kenya Police Reservists and community based policing have failed because of the issue of engagement. We have had people who have deliberately volunteered, but with ulterior motives. Criminal elements have entered into the police reserve in order to have access to arms and know the systems of security, so that they may further their own criminal activities. I can say without any fear of contradiction that even the war against drug trafficking partly failed because criminal elements have become police reservists and have used their position to know what is happening. That is why sometimes drugs can be trafficked through Mombasa and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and so on. When it comes to poaching, I can say without any fear of contradiction that the criminal elements become police reservists and therefore, have access to arms. They know the security system within the Kenya Wildlife Service and can, therefore, manipulate that system to their own advantage. They kill a rhino knowing very well that at that point in time, there will not be anybody else to challenge them, and they go scot free. By the time the KWS rangers get there, everything is done. Therefore, the issue of engagement is very important. This is because there are some areas where we really require the police reservists and others where we do not require them."
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