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    "id": 390032,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/390032/?format=api",
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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, why do I insist on trying to restructure the KPRs now? This is because the counties of northern Kenya have very few police officers. Those who are available are only in shopping centres and the population is very small. Areas where cattle rustling takes place are far away from shopping centres; they are remote areas where police officers are not available. The terrain where cattle rustlers take away animals is terrible and inaccessible. You can only reach them by air; you cannot use vehicles. Even the policemen do not have vehicles; equipment is not there. Secondly, weather conditions in those areas are very harsh. So, it is only residents of those areas who can actually maintain law and order in them. That is why we need to improve the welfare of the KPRs. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, over time as these young men were deployed, they were issued with firearms which are outdated and cannot be used effectively; some of them are outdated; some of them, like the Mark IV riffle, have no ammunition in the market. So, it is difficult for this personnel to assist residents against cattle rustling. Most of the recoveries of livestock are done by the KPRs because they are the ones available there. Of course, the police recover livestock, but in actual sense, most of the work is done by KPRs."
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