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    "id": 398265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Akujah",
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        "legal_name": "Protus Ewesit Akujah",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to take this opportunity to thank hon. Wanyonyi for actually clarifying the mandate and the responsibility of KPR. There was a lot of perception from a section of the hon. Members that we are debating to arm the civilians. The title reads: Kenya Police Reserve (KPR). This is a unit of the police, just like the Anti-stock Theft Unit (ASTU) and the Anti- Terrorist Unit (ATU). So, it should not be perceived that we are arming the civilians. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, cattle rustling or insecurity in ASAL areas has actually persisted for so long and I think we cannot continue like this. This is happening because there are no enough police officers in these particular areas. The reason is that not many policemen are ready to work in these particular areas because they are perceived to be hardship areas. It has also been alluded to that these areas have poor terrain and, therefore, if you look at the police posts which are there they do not have even a single vehicle. For example, in my constituency, there are four police posts and none of them has a vehicle. Even if there was a raid 200 meters from the post, they cannot respond because they take that as an excuse for failing to do their work. Therefore, I beg that we motivate KPR to be able to serve these particular communities. As you might see in the Westgate Mall attack, the first people who arrived at the scene were the KPRs."
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