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    "id": 608047,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me also take the opportunity to thank my colleague Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo for bringing this Bill. He is an experienced person who has experienced the situation on the ground. Police reservists are actually men who are going to be at the site of possible crime at an instant at the time the crime is being committed. These police reservists are going to do a good job because they will be there first hand and they will deal with the problem quickly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the selection of these individuals, I note that some of the individuals are 60 years old. It is important that we protect them as well from the effects of their age and duty. If we are going to remunerate them, some of the remuneration that should be given to them would be in the form of a medical scheme. In case they get any injuries or are hurt in the course of duty, they will be taken care of. They are likely to go through injury because of their age and susceptibility. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also important that when these reservists are given arms; these arms as well are likely to fall into the wrong arms within the same community and this can be used against the population. So, it is very important that the selection is thorough; we should vet the individuals who are going to have these arms, lest these arms which are within the population injure the population. Otherwise, the idea of police reservists is an excellent tool to be used to preserve security within communities that are distant from organized government forces."
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