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"content": "I brought a Motion here early this year, expecting that something will be done, but nothing happened. In every civilized and developed country, there is a review commission all the time after five years, to review the integrity and performance of the security men and women. But in this country, when you become a police officer, you are left free to do what you think. We are confronted by another bigger problem where, for example, we have a young man aged 18 or 22 years, who is the son of Sen. Kipchumba. I am not so sure that he would want to go and work in Mandera. He will work so hard through his father, to make sure that he is posted in an urban centre. This means that there is no discipline in the security forces. Many years ago when I was the Minister in charge of Internal Security, life was better because the politicians were not involved in matters of the police force and security. You know very well that where you come from, politicians will even side with criminals, so that they can continue getting votes to come back to power. This is very evident in presidential elections. This is the biggest problem that this country needs to look at and find out whether we are in the right direction. Many people are hesitant to fight criminals, especially in Baringo and Turkana counties, because they know that in the next two years, they will need votes from those people for the Presidency, Member of National Assembly and the Senator. No Senator, especially from areas prone to crime would dare to lead the people. Unfortunately, most of us are led by the people, yet we are supposed to lead them. If you attempt to lead the people, your political enemies will have a heyday and attack you right, centre and left. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is not a simple matter to be discussed here. I feel that we need to go beyond what we are talking about here. We need to ask ourselves why we recruited the KPRs in the first place. It is because the police officers were not capable and enough to deal with the situation. After employing the KPRs, more or less the police officers and others were confined to the big cities where we have all kinds of pressure. It is not prudent to bring on board people who are not trained on security matters and expect them to assist you to do something. You would rather employ informers. In this country, unless we spend enough money on intelligence gathering, our security will not be guaranteed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have employed quite a number of policemen and women, but what is the impact of that? The security situation is continuing to deteriorate. Has our security improved as a result of the recent employment of additional 20,000 police officers? They have tried to deal with Al Qaeda and other international criminals. We have to give credit where it is due. Terrorists have almost been kept at bay and are not as active as they were. But terrorism is some kind of guerrilla war. The terrorists are not going to announce when they will attack. They will strike anytime. Therefore, the Government must be very vigilant. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to disagree with those who are just talking about the number of security officers. You can add as many as you want, but if their training, discipline and selection are questionable, we will be doing a worthless job. We have to get politics out of the security matters. Let us stand as politicians without relying on our friends in the police force. 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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