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    "content": "(d) prevention and detection of crime; (e) apprehension of offenders; and (f) enforcement of all laws and regulations with which the Service is charged.” Although they are formerly recognized in the revised National Police Service Act, what is lacking is the identification that these people need to be given such training as they require to do their work suitably. The Commission has enumerated many things that need to be done, for example, they must be above 18 years of age and must be trusted to be given a gun. However, no proper laid down procedures and programmes of how they are trained is ever mentioned. It also does not say the number of such persons and where they are supposed to be recruited from. It also does not state the relationship between the police and the chiefs who are on the ground. The Act does not also talk about what level of remuneration or compensation is ever given to anybody who has been trusted and entrusted with a Government firearm. To this extent, you find some people who are currently serving as police reservists within Kenya and particularly those areas which are prone to cattle rustling---. These persons have done a commendable job in maintaining peace and order. However, you note that they are just given a gun and bullets but there is no proper storage of that gun. They are not told where to keep them; they are just kept in their houses. Those who are pastoralists, who migrate from place to place, end up moving with them. Nobody knows if the guns are ever utilized properly. Those of us who come from the pastoralist areas know the benefits that these people have really provided. However, they are not given any remuneration. What do they get per month for carrying a weapon entrusted by the people of Kenya? We do not know what they eat and how they benefit from this. We propose in the Bill that these persons be given some kind of an allowance. That allowance can come in any form, compensation or expense. In the Act, it is indicated that any such expense may be occasioned in the implementation of Section 110 which has been revised or amended. Section 117A (1) and (2) provides that:- “Any expenses that may be occasioned in the implementation of sections 110 and 115 of this Act shall be provided from:- (a) such gifts, grants or donations as may be given; (b) such monies as may, in the future, be provided by the National Assembly for defraying the expenses incurred in the implementation of this Act; and (c) such other monies that may lawfully accrue in the discharge of the functions under this Act, not being monies accruing from pursuant to Article 114 of the Constitution. (2) There may be established a fund which shall consist of the monies specified under subsection (1).” Section 117(B) further provides that:- “For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in Section 117A is intended to or may be construed as providing for or dealing with- (a) taxes; (b) the imposition of charges on a pubic fund or the variation or repeal of any of those charges;” The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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