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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "; where did they go at that time? It is the same thing we need to ask ourselves very critically; if I am a police officer and the working conditions are poor--- If I am given incentives to work well, at the end of the day, where does my allegiance lie? This is something over which the Senate has to help the country. This is a framework. When we have metropolitan police now moving all over - we do not go for a system like Canada, where each person has their own police, but we should have a system which covers the whole country. We know security is a national function and is more critical in the counties. The national Government should start cautioning that while we leave it for the governors to ensure that the police have good working conditions, how do we ensure that it remains a national function where it will not bring conflict in between so that you do not come again and find yourselves in conflict with a governor who was doing the right thing because he has observed the problem for many years and you were not assisting him, and now he has tried something that works? Again, we shall start coming in. So, before it gets to that level, I think the Senate should bring in a framework that says the askaris that worked for the county councils must be absorbed within the metropolitan police systems that are coming up and work together so that we bring in a level of balancing. I am saying this with all due respect, knowing that this is a very delicate issue. It is an issue over which the Senate must ensure Kenya moves forward as one country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have reminded us that – and we are excited about this – that counties are moving forward but, then, it is a question of asking ourselves “how do we ensure---” That is why you find some counties are moving very fast while others are lagging behind because of the different political dynamics that they have. But as a country, let us just remember that Kenya has to move as one country. Therefore, county A and county B must be similar so that when a young person is growing up, he is able to walk around and say “I am still in Kenya.” This is one thing that the Senate should remind the governors; to always remember that we shall still be in Kenya. As Senators, we want to see our counties developing, but at the same pace. The State remains one unitary state. That is one thing we have to remind our governors. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we look at the county assemblies, one of the challenges that they face is the lack of drafters who can assist them in drafting legislation so that even if they are doing policies, they can borrow; so that, also, they remind themselves. We have realized that they will come up with policies and nobody is there to remind them that we have Vision 2030 or that they have to be consistent with our main document, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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