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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakwa",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Motion in principle. In doing so, there are a couple of observations I would like to make. First and foremost, I must join my colleagues in thanking the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the great job done under immense pressure. I hope that next year, we will spread out the national resources a bit better within the parameters of the Constitution, and that it will be done in good time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have about four points that I would like to highlight. Increasing funding of the security sector is a great idea but I keep asking myself: “Is money truly the problem within the security agencies?” We need to think hard about this question. We can continue to pour money into the security docket in a linear fashion, but I am not sure if that is truly the problem. We have provided more vehicles to our policing agencies, but has that reduced the response time to emergencies by the police? I have not seen this in my constituency. Vehicles for the police were increased but their response time to emergencies has not changed. Has provision of more vehicles to the police increased the rate of prosecution and conviction of suspects? I am not sure because I have not seen the statistics. So, we must think deeply about insecurity. Therefore, even though, in principle, we should increase the allocation for security, as we have done, we should ask harder questions on the issues of co-ordination and implementation of the command structures within the security apparatus. We should 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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