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    "content": "activities first and then budget from that point. That is what I will propose. We should look at all these things instead of lumping them up together. Last week, we talked about security. We have seen that there is some money which has been set aside for the National Police Service (NPS) among other things. We need to know that our security is guaranteed as everybody has said. So, whatever it takes and whatever amount of money required, we must put an appropriate amount of money to safeguard and give Kenyans a level comfort of security wherever they are. How should the central government decentralise security matters? There are people who have contributed a lot in ensuring that security is guaranteed in the estates and villages. The Government refers to those people as the Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs). These people are not paid any salaries. They are not given food or even any functional gears. If we must go in that line, I propose that in the areas where there have been constant cattle rustling, we set aside a vote so that the reservists are given salaries. The national and county governments should know how to run that. These can either be centralised or given to the county governments so that they can run them together with the police on the ground. When an issue like the one that erupted in Bungoma comes up, the villagers who are known to be in the Government’s payroll can easily report the matters. In most cases, when a criminal is reported, many times, they are released. We need to look at this budget critically. When the budget is critically looked at, there will have to be justification for the Kshs210 billion. Will it be covering everything that it was allocated? Are we satisfied? The figure is not far from what the CRA was going to propose and pass to us. It was talking about a figure higher than this. This is the right way to go. We will look at areas that we need to beef up and even other areas that may not require money under this Bill. I support."
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