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    "id": 485931,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. On 3rd July, 2014, the Member of Parliament for Mvita Constituency, hon. Abdullswamad Sheriff Nassir, requested for a Statement on Nyumba Kumi Security initiative. The hon. Member, while appreciating the noble goal of the initiative, noticed that the Government was yet to formulate an elaborate policy to sustain the initiative and remunerate village elders whom he noted that supported the programme since its inception. The hon. members specifically sought information on the following:- (i) When is the Government intending to entrench the program in law through an Act of Parliament or regulations; and, (ii) The measures put in place by the Government to financially cater for elders involved in the programme, now and in the future. Hon. Speaker, this is the response by the Cabinet Secretary:- That Nyumba Kumi initiative is a strategy that seeks to redefine community policing in terms of households in a residential court, an estate, a block of houses, a manyatta, a street, a market centre, a gated community, a village or a bulla . The objective of this initiative is to give effect to Chapter 244(c) of the Constitution and Sections 96-100 of the National Police Service Act of 2011. The Government has already developed a draft policy on community policing that is currently undergoing validation process. The Government, however, does not have any immediate intention to come up with any specific legislation on community policing as both the Constitution and the National Police Service Act of 2011, have specific provisions that support community policing and by extension Nyumba Kumi initiative. Community policing is based on the principal of community-police partnership that enhances sharing of crime intelligence. This partnership is voluntary. Whereas the Government analogs the role of village elders towards the success of this initiative, it does not consider any payment to local leaders including village elders who are supporting the Nyumba Kumi initiative. Community policing involves members of the society and not elders alone. However, the Ministry is open to consultations with 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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