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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I think on our part, we should be able to support this Motion and be able to provide or vote for the resources that are needed to ensure that Government carries out its mandate on security. Obviously, when we are looking at a Motion like this, we should be looking at it in a more holistic manner. That is why, perhaps, when legislation comes, it should be able to cover all areas of security; cattle rustling is just one of them. There are many others. I do agree with those who were saying that these are criminals who have gone to steal cattle from other communities or from neighbours; just the same as those criminals who come and invade our houses to steal money or other valuables. So, when we are dealing with the issue of ensuring that this does not happen, we should approach it in a more holistic manner. It is true that the security sector needs overhaul in some areas so that we can ensure that we have sufficient security. In relation to this, we should also address the issue of community policing, more or less the same thing in order to enhance security throughout the country and throughout the population. There is no harm in us supporting and ensuring that the KPR have the capacity and the necessary resources to do their work. I am sure they can be effective. Some of the older hon. Members will remember, in the 1970s and perhaps, 1980s when we were in colleges, there used to be a very well known KPR officer called Patrick Shaw. This was a real crime buster. If we got more of Patrick Shaws in our KPR officers, I think they can make more meaningful and effective contributions. So, they need capacity and they need to be properly vetted, recruited and equipped because they can make very useful contribution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some of these cattle rustling activities that we have talked about tend to be cross-border. We have known and we have seen some of the cattle rustlers have actually come across our borders very heavily armed. In my view, maybe some of those may even be trained soldiers. My proposal is that, such cross- country incursions should be dealt with by KDF and not AP or KPR. The KPR should just be somewhere in the background to deal with inter-community cattle rustling. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, while talking about the security issues, can we also consider people at village level. These people also play an important role in terms of preserving security within the community. They also provide intelligence that can help us in preserving the community. These are the village elders who do a commendable job voluntarily and it is high time we recognized their service and look for a way of empowering them, training them and also rewarding them. With those comments, I support this Motion."
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