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    "content": "It is true that it is the wearer of the shoe who knows where it pinches. Therefore, it is people who live in such environmental conditions who know how to survive. These are the people who should be recruited in the KPRs. These are the ones who would know who is who in a community. That is what is happening in Tanzania. As soon as you get to any village in Tanzania, any time, in the first five minutes, the head of the village has already known that there is a visitor in the village. That is what we call the vigilante groups or the Nyumba Kumi initiative. The Nyumba Kumi initiative in Tanzania is such that you cannot get in without being noticed. People there are loyal to their systems and government. They know who should be protected. They always get to know who is a foreigner in their areas of jurisdiction. This is something that we can borrow. We can borrow the kind of loyalty that is seen in our neigbouring areas because they have had a lot of problems in the past. Uganda is one of the countries that have suffered. The system of Kondoism started with the fallout of Obote. Those people who were found troubling others were instantly cleared. As a result of that, there was fear gripping every citizen. The place is now quiet. You will be surprised that if you go to Rwanda, you will find the same thing happening. As you travel around, you will discover that people are wary of who you are and where you come from. As a result, there is peace and people live in peaceful atmospheres. This is what the Bill is seeking to register. The Bill suggests that we should have soldiers in the KPRs who are known by the community in that area; people who are loyal to their community; people who can detect foreigners and their hide outs. These are the people who will help us get out of problems. That is what we should encourage. The encouragement should be seen in this Bill. It should not be taken for granted that there is need to have peace. This is the peace that everybody is crying for. Even in those terrains, there are animals which can survive longer than others. Those are the animals which survive longer than others. These should be used as a source of income in the areas. Animals like the camels can travel for long distances without taking water. If you take a Friesian cow or Guernsey in those dry areas, they will never survive. That is why we cannot take people who have not lived in harsh conditions to fight bandits who are used to the areas. The bandits are used to the place and can circumvent the environment. These people can walk for long distances without any fear and they know the routes. When we take inexperienced officers who have trained from the Kiganjo Police Training College for six months to Kapedo or even to North Eastern Kenya where other people are already used to the terrain and everything else, we are committing homicide to the policemen. That is why we need citizens being recruited to maintain security in their said areas. These are the ones who are responsible. They know the hideouts and the kind of terrain these fellows live in. The bombing that is taking place now may be useless because these fellows know where to hide. It is, therefore, important to use people from the same terrain and environment to protect communities in the said regions for maintenance of peace. If that can first be done in one or two regions and using the results of that we use a multiplication effect, then we 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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