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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our KDF used to guard our country against external aggression. I do not know the kind of structure that is in place for coordination between the army, regular police, the APs and the CID. How is the coordination done? This Motion is calling upon his Excellency the President to institute legislative and other measures to counter activities of terrorism, and others so that we can have good coordination. There should be coordination where people will not say they belong to a particular line and that they cannot listen to whoever is calling or asking for an immediate action. At times we have heard that the regular police are called and they say: “No, until my boss tells me to do so---.” This issue of security has reached a point where the entire leadership in all areas – at the local and even ward level – need to discuss it. We do not necessarily need to say that we do not have a police force here or it is upon the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) or Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) of that area for us to have security. Let us also the elected leaders, leaders on the ground, pastors or religious leaders take this matter seriously. That way, we will ensure that we are policing our environment. By so doing, I also believe it will be difficult for other people to penetrate this country and take away the dear lives of our people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other issue is the morale of the police. I believe our police force still have a lot of requirements. We know the way they live and the allowances they earn. We seriously need to look into the welfare of our officers. Whenever they are working, they should not negotiate on their duty simply because of lack of some facilities. A lot of money is normally allocated to security in the national budget. I heard my Chairman of Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget move a Motion talking about strategies. We have always heard that there is this strategy and we want to use the Alcatel or a particular system to do monitoring. What is shocking is that most of the people behind the security systems and those engaged in that – the ones you expect will be looking for the best alternatives. Instead, they will always ask themselves what they are getting out of it. I believe we have been losing a lot of money because we have not been getting the best in terms of equipment or systems which we may want our police to have, for them to discharge their duties effectively. As I finish, let me say once again that the Motion is good. However, I feel I may not support the last part of it. This is because I do not think we will be really solving this problem. The Motion says in part; “Initiating, where necessary, the process of removal of the respective head of an organ.” You see if ---"
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