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    "content": "(4) whether the number of police reservists has been increased to serve in the area. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to respond as follows: Listed here below are vehicles that have been deployed to enhance patrol along the West Pokot-Turkana border:- (1) West Pokot County Headquarters (Kenya Police) – Toyota Land Cruiser caravan, GKB519E and Hino 500 lorry, GK196F. (2) West Pokot County Headquarters (Administration Police) – Toyota Land Cruiser, GK851D and Hino 500 lorry, GK439F. (3) Pokot North Administration Police Headquarters, Alale – Toyota Land Cruiser, GKB047E and Toyota Tdi 100, GKA451P. (4) Pokot Central Divisional Headquarters, Sigor (Kenya Police) – Toyota Land Cruiser, GK305E. (5) Pokot Central District Administration Police Headquarters, Sigor – Toyota Land Cruiser, GK052E. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the following measures have been employed to beef up security in Karon, Kases, Takaiwa and Sarmach areas:- (1) Increasing the number of personnel at the Anti-Stock Theft Unit and the General Service Unit (GSU) camps in Lorogon and Turkwel. (2) Establishment of an Anti-stock Theft Unit camp at Takaiywa Village. (3) Due to the limited resources, the Assistant County Commissioner, who is deployed at Turkwel, is sharing the same vehicle with the Administration Police officers; a Toyota Land Cruiser, registration No.GK027F. (4) Although the Government has not recruited additional police reservists in the area in the recent past, the serving reservists have been armed and taken through several training exercises. The most current was conducted in June, 2014 and it was facilitated by the National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons, in partnership with Safeworld Kenya and Sicon and Security Research and Information Centre. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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