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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I congratulate the distinguished Senator for West Pokot County for bringing this Bill. I congratulate him. Coming from the Jubilee side, I believe he is fully aware of the miserable failure of his Government in matters police. That is why he has brought the Bill to augment the failings in the police force by strengthening the capacity of the police reservists. We urge that this Bill be quickly forwarded to the National Assembly and we hope that the National Assembly will act in concurrence with what we have passed here. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also hope that in the subsequent passage and assent to the Bill by the President, the Government will operate the Police Reservist Unit free of corruption, free of the usual vestiges that we have seen in dispensing public facilities and even in other areas. I am sure that the distinguished Senator was informed by the challenges in his County and in his neghbouring counties that have had serious security challenges. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will be shocked to learn that yesterday we received a delegation from Baringo. The delegation appearing before our Committee asked the Chairman of the Committee whether Parliament was going to be able to facilitate their fare back. These are senior Government officers, including a county commissioner, if they are stranded from coming from Baringo to Nairobi you can imagine how stranded they are in doing their basic duties on the ground. We hope, as I finish because this is not debate time, that once this is done, police reservist services will be extended to every part of the country not to the traditionally Arid and Semi-Arid Lands(ASAL) areas where we 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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