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    "id": 390031,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lentoimaga",
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that insecurity in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs) is caused by perennial cattle rustling that is aggravated by poor or no infrastructural facilities; also noting that there is inadequate deployment of Kenya Police Reservists (KPR), who are ill equipped, unpaid volunteers with the National Police Service and lack the motivation to fight this crime leading to apathy that has seen residents lose their livestock and even lives; and further aware that there is need to restructure the security machinery in ASAL areas to mitigate the situation, this House urges the Government to urgently review the terms and conditions for the recruitment, remuneration and deployment of the KPR in ASAL areas with a view to providing them with uniforms, proper identification documents, automatic firearms, regular allowances and general improvement of their working conditions, so as to restructure this crucial sector and help the KPR fight cattle rustling more efficiently. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to try to reinvent the wheel. The Kenya Police Reservists are part and parcel of the police, only that they are not paid. They are deployed every other time. I am talking about the KPR who were deployed in northern Kenya. We are all aware that cattle-rustling has been a total menace to our people. It has caused loss of property and lives and terrible displacement of our people in those areas of these counties. So, the KPRs are an integral part of the police force and they have been localized. They have been used by chiefs, DOs, Police themselves; even the National Police Service Act, Sections 10 and 115 talk about the deployment and the structure of KPRs. So, I am not trying to say that we need to have a different section in the police force; we are only trying to engage them, and make the police service more efficient and fight crime better. After all, in the same Act, it is mentioned that they will assist the police in maintenance of law and order, preservation of life and property, prevention and detection of crime, apprehension of offenders, enforcement of all laws, and preservation of peace, duties which the service is charged with performing. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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