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    "id": 718689,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "id": 1356,
        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I support the Petition by my neighbour and my friend, Chris Wamalwa, on the killing of an innocent young man who was going about his work. The fact is that police reservists in some areas like Trans Nzoia are now getting out of hand. The police engage police reservists to do police jobs. Nowadays, some police reservists drive around in Probox cars as they go to people’s houses and alcohol dens. That is not supposed to be the work of police reservists. We need, as a House, to come up with a way of regulating the work of police reservists. You cannot train somebody and give them a gun without paying them. As the Committee responsible looks at that Petition, it should take a step further and look at ways of utilising these police reservists who have been trained in using guns, so that they can help us more than harm us. We need to even find a way of absorbing police reservists who have served for more than five years and have good conduct, so that they can be controlled and get paid because they are using guns. On the second Petition about the taxi, mine is a mixed reaction. When you think about it, the world is actually changing fast as the Member has said and so, we cannot regulate the freedom of taxi drivers especially when it comes to digital taxi driving. The Member has said that when you ride in an Uber taxi, it is less safe because they are less regulated than when you ride in a taxi. I have used Uber and I will say here that I feel more comfortable using an Uber taxi because it is more of an online system. I can see the person who is coming to pick me up and the number plate of the vehicle he or she is using. I can send that information even to my wife or The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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