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    "id": 390034,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/390034/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lentoimaga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, over time we have lost hundreds of animals, thousands of people have been displaced and a number of orphans and widows now exist; poverty is just on the increase because of this menace. More firearms are being brought into Kenya; I do not know how we can prevent this if the KPRs are unable to control it. They are deployed even along our borders, for example with the Sudan. They are also deployed along our border with Uganda. They are actually performing the work that army officers should perform. It is them who try to prevent invasion from the hostile people from neighboring countries. The police are few! We are supposed to have one policeman for 850 citizens. The present statistics show that we have one policeman to 2,000 citizens. We need to assist the Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) so that they can also help in curbing cattle rustling. I want to urge this House to pass this Motion so that the welfare of those reservists is looked into. The current KPRs are managed very poorly. They are not deployed well. Somebody is issued with a firearm and he can go anywhere he wants. To some extent, there is also corruption because there are no clear regulations of issuing firearms. Sometimes, the firearms are brought via the police. So, if we restructure the whole KPR, then we will be able to curb that kind of corruption. A number of hon. Members have told me to allow them to second. I would, therefore, like to ask two hon. Members to second this Motion. One of them is hon. Lomenen from Turkana South---"
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