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    "content": "only thing that he knew was his animal instincts and a gun. Because of that, that gentleman was able to save lives of children. As typical Kenyans we forgot about him, he disappeared into the oblivion and became history. We have no method of recognizing people who we should recognize. It is shameful because we should have seconded this man to something like this where he would receive proper training, firearms and uniforms, if necessary, then be able to act as a proper police officer where necessary. I imagine that a gentleman like this would be very useful in an estate where there is crime. Once in a while, while you are asleep, there would be gunshots and people would be running around helter skelter and you would not know who is shooting. If people like this were trained, they would be able to protect neighbourhoods because this Nyumba Kumi Initiative---. It is sad that what the Government takes pride in is just a Nyumba Kumi Initiative that makes no sense. It is an intelligence gathering that is shallow and hollow. It is not helping crime because the more you talk about it, the more crime increases. Therefore, the Government should recognize and say it like we should; that the Nyumba Kumi Initiative is a waste of time and it is not working. We should get into something similar to what the professor has proposed so that it can be more structured and we have police reservists who are trained. To that extent, I support. Amendment to Section 115 of the principle Act is even more telling because the fact that this kamikazes never used to receive any salaries; they used to operate like gangsters and that is why firearms can be hired in Kenya because who knows where they are. They are all over the place. We have people who are reservists who are carrying firearms; who are volunteers and yet they could actually be the gangsters walking around the City and, probably, in the middle of the night disappear into oblivion and report to nobody. The fact that a person will now be able to collect a salary in the amendment proposed under Section 115 comes with an obligation. The minute you sign on the dotted line, you have collected public funds. You will then be answerable to the public and the Kenyan nation, unlike now where some people in Parklands are reservists, but we do not know what they do when the sun goes down. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the amendment to Section 117 is a very clever one. An amendment to Section 117(1)(a), is an effort to ensure that there are funds allocated for this unit which is specifically provided for under Section 115 of the National Police Service Act. It recognizes that you cannot, in fact, create a fund under Article 206 of the Constitution. It is clearly provided for under that article. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo has then made what I call a very clever amendment by establishing a fund so that then that fund can feed into Section 117 (1)(a). I am a little worried about gifts under subsection (b). I am asking the Senator to think about it. This is how you get drug lords or the Al Capones of this world. The minute you give them this opportunity of giving gifts, you will then give them an opportunity to start rewarding our reservists with nice looking cars like Jaguars and the rest and there will be no end to it because those gifts will not find a way of monitoring."
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