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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "efficiently. The KPR will reduce crimes. They will assist Kenyans in the recovery of illegal arms. That is because they know the culprits. They will also supplement the inadequacy of the police officers in the country. I strongly recommend that more KPRs be recruited, deployed and given allowances in their respective villages. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also recommend that those KPRs should be provided with proper protective clothing. I also recommend that KPRs should be facilitated by giving them good vehicles. That is because they are in the spirit of volunteering. They have already volunteered. They are ready to be commanded any time. They are always there. I think you can even test the idea by hiring KPRs in ASALs areas. You will see the work that they can do. You can hire them even in the area you represent, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The KPRs are the best security people we can use in this country. Let me confirm that to you. The international boundary between Kenya, Uganda and Sudan is being taken care of by KPR. They have never demanded anything from the Government. The only thing they need from the Government is appreciation. Many of them have lost lives and their families have never claimed for any compensation and yet, they are Kenya citizens. Why can we not appreciate people who have volunteered to serve this nation without any command or order? Why can we not appreciate them by only giving them allowances? The guns they carry are the very same guns that the police who have pay slips have. They only get the guns from the Government of Kenya. Why are those others paid and yet, they are not performing? We are not appreciating those who are performing by paying them what they deserve. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can confirm to you that even the environment in ASAL areas harbours insecurity. You can imagine that I represent a place where--- I can mention it to you. There is a ward called Kalabata. That ward has a population of 36,000 people. There is no policeman there. There is no police post. We are told that one policeman is supposed to man 450 people. So, those are 36,000 people with no policeman. I can quote another ward called Kaptir. It has a population of 26,000 people and there is not a single police post or police officer. They expect to be protected. There are several wards with the same problem. So, the best way to solve this issue--- We know that it is very expensive to employ all the police officers that we want, but if we can employ and support KPRs, you can rest assured that ASAL areas will be safe and the cattle rustling menace will go down. We will no longer lose lives and property. So, I urge this House and my colleagues that this is the best Motion we can support ever. That is because even as we are seated here, when we go back to our constituencies, we will be insecure when we are serving the people. So, when we go there, we should make sure that there is security in the villages and areas where we know there is insecurity. Finally, it is very easy to monitor. There are people in this nation who have decided to kill other people anyhow. There is terrorism in this nation. The KPRs have intelligence reports from those areas. When we use them because they are already in the villages and stay with those people, you can be assured that they will give the Government the intelligence reports of terrorism. The KPRs are there in the villages. They speak their languages. They are well acquainted with the environment. They can survive in very harsh environments with high temperatures. They can survive in all those 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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