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    "speaker_name": "November 18, 2014 SENATE DEBATES 46 Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": ".: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will propose that the word “gifts” be deleted because it leaves room for manipulation by the people who we are trying to tackle. Those are the gangsters who operate in this country as if they own the air, the space and everything else that is below it. The proposal to amend Section 110(7) is in conformity with the proposed amendments in order to ensure that the people who are recruited are trained. Here, the professor has proposed in mandatory terms that the persons who are now police reservists should be trained as a mandatory requirement. I support the proposals because it would be a great injustice to the people who are already existing in the service not to be trained, but then continue benefiting by receiving uniforms, weapons and then operating endlessly and without area of jurisdiction. Therefore, the training must be mandatory so that they conform to the persons who would then join the force, be seconded or enrolled as reserved police officers of the NPC. Therefore, the proposal to ensure that these people are trained, wherever they are, report and become part and parcel of the reserved police and are responsible to the NPC. This is in conformity with what we are talking about in terms of security. Sen. (Prof) Lonyangapuo has made a similar amendment which I disagreed with. He had proposed that village elders be incorporated as members of the national Government for purposes of security. I had objections to that proposal because it goes against this sort of mechanism. Those village elders have nobody to report to, they are collecting money and you do not know what they are doing and some are not trained. In objecting to the proposal made by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo in the National Government Coordination Act, therefore, this would serve as an answer to the questions that we are asking. That it is far much better to have a more structured method like this one where people report to a commission, receive allowances, they are trained and receive uniforms and account for them. Currently, we have police reservists who do not know whether they actually report to anybody and whether we know the ammunitions they carry. If you remember, one of the things that the Waki Commission was grappling with was the fact that we could not match the weapons that were in our armories during that time in Rift Valley with the ammunitions and all those things that were found in Kisumu and other areas where there was post election violence. Why? This is because there are too many of these weapons that are not registered and are in loose hands of people like these ones. Therefore, I am in support of this amendment. One of the methods of ensuring that we do not go back to what the Waki Commission proposed in terms of register of firearms, is to ensure that it is done in the manner that is proposed by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo in this amendment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of resources and in terms of money, we now have made, it is mandatory for the National Assembly, in this proposal, to ensure that there is enough funding for this particular purpose. Let me say this very well and clearly: We treat our police officers in such careless manner that sometimes I wonder why we trust them with our lives. When we go to sleep in our nice six-by-six beds, we do not ask ourselves, “Where do these people sleep?” Do you know where your bodyguards sleep? They sleep in something called uni-huts. Five families in a uni-hut is a shame. 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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