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    "content": "heard that 100 criminals had been killed. That is okay. Lamu has a KDF camp very close to the Lamu Port where we are constructing the new port. Why did they not even act that night? The most dramatic one is what happened in Kapedo. After the KDF officers went there, instead of going to look for the killers and maintaining peace and order, they lost direction and pounced on innocent people in town centres and telling them to surrender guns which do not exist in town centres. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the framework and the operation of our officers needs to be relooked at again. What must have gone wrong? If things were right at the beginning of our Independence, what has gone wrong right now? Could it be because of the competing forces that we have just introduced? We have an Inspector-General and the other officers below him. In my county, there is a County Commandant for the Administration Police and the County Commander for the police service. I wonder who is reporting to who. We have an OCPD and everybody is competing there. The competition is about who has the latest car. There is a County Commissioner and a fellow called the Governor. What is the relationship between these people? One is very rich while the other one is poor. What is happening here? The first priority in any county is security before you talk about development. Which development can you pretend to do in Mandera today when the security is very poor to the extent that everybody who is working for the people of Kenya in that county is quitting? Some are going to West Pokot, others are coming to Nairobi. Is Nairobi or West Pokot any safer? Where did patriotism in our officers go to? Where did the commitment to duty and honesty amongst our officers go to? We have people who reside in those tough terrains called the Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs). How many do we have in Mandera, Lamu and especially in the counties that are at the Kenyan border? Do we know them and have we vetted them or we just give out guns haphazardly? In the whole of Tiaty Constituency, there is no single KPR out of the 250,000 people residing in that sub-county. How do you expect three police stations to operate in such a huge sub-county which is 43 per cent of the entire Baringo County? Criminals easily move around that county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to move an amendment if you allow me---"
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