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    "content": "a proper manner. They should be taken for training. They should also be given uniform so that they are well identified. It is good to see that you are leaving your car with someone who can properly be identified. It is true that they need something for their families, at the end of the day. However, most of the time, these young men are drunk. They are the ones who coordinate with the people who cause insecurity. For you to be satisfied that you have left your car at a safe ground, you end up paying the council guy and this other person as well. Either way, your car is still not safe. If we want to see a proper system, we must have the metropolitan agencies assisting in security matters. We hope that the Nairobi County Assembly will look into this broadly and see it as a challenge within the county. They should bring a legislation that will guide the operations of the county; not just within the Central Business District (CBD), but in all the areas. They forget that everyone wants to go to Kirinyaga Road. We would also like to walk all the way to Kariokor Market. It is upon them to see how they will support the Governor to have a structured and good system to allow the national Government to come in; to ensure that there is an intelligence service that is taking care and protecting Nairobians within the town and its environs. We have the same challenge in Waiyaki Way and in Kibera, Kangemi, Muthurwa, Buruburu, Kayole and many other areas. We want to see an environment that is safe. Everyone should know their neighbour. As we talk about The Nyumba Kumi Initiative at the national level, I would like the county governments to come out and say that they can do it even better at their level. Today, if Lamu had a metropolitan police, maybe they would have had a different way of dealing with the issue we are facing now. However, since we are only relying on the national Government where our officers are compromised, we end up facing those challenges. If we had a county metropolitan police service, made up of people who know one another, then we would have done a better job. They would have known the enemies within them; even those who have brought the enemies. Who brings enemies? It is those who know them around an area. This is not just about Nairobi or Mombasa. We need this to happen in all counties. It is time that the national Government thought about how County Commissioners can work without having conflicts with the Governors. This is something over which they need to sit at a round table and agree on. They should see that security is not just for a certain group, but for all of us. If there is a governor in place, let him be part of the solutions of the security within his county. As we talk about Nairobi and Mombasa cities, I urge all governors sit down with their County Commissioners to see how best they can work for the benefit of not just security, but for a safe and good environment which will also enhance economic growth, order and respect. I support and say that this should move on to become a serious Bill of Legislation that will be replicated in all the 47 counties. I support."
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