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    "content": "I liked the data that the Head of State gave. He said that in 2013 when Jubilee Government took power, the ratio of policemen to Kenyans was 1 to 800. By January this year, that ratio reduced from 1 policeman to 380 Kenyans. I am told that is better than the United Nations ratio which is 1 to 450. As the number reduces and becomes manageable, why is the human behaviour of hooliganism and all the problems we have stated here increasing with the increase in the number of police? As we increase the number, we need to have specialised officers dealing with bad manners. I wish we had policemen trained to deal with cattle rustling. We should also have those specifically trained to deal with eradication of terrorism and bandits. Although the ratio is good, from the officers we have, how many among them can deal with some of the malpractices that we see around? It is remarkable that we have come this far but we need to see how that can be dealt with. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Head of State talked about some kind of banditry in parts of the north rift. For your information, counties in the north rift include Trans Nzoia, West Pokot, Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Turkana, Baringo, Laikipia and Samburu. Some kind of banditry attacks in Baringo, some parts of Laikipia, along Kerio Valley, along the border of West Pokot and Elgeyo-Marakwet have been increasing because of these problems here. In his remark No.49, the President said that: “I appreciate that the drought we are currently experiencing has adversely impacted a significant portion of our population, moreso our pastoralist communities whose livestock lack pasture and water”. He was very candid and right. This is the genesis of all that you people have been watching on television, listening to on the radio and reading in the newspapers. It has become a monster to the extent that people have started killing one another. I wish the Government concentrated on seeing how to mitigate drought and shortage of food for animals and human beings before it explodes to become a bad situation leading to war where people start fighting. Some are even saying that politicians from affected areas should stop incitement. I have been a politician for the past four years but previously I was a civil servant. I think we are blaming the wrong people. When something bad happens, a politician takes the blame. We need to see how we can deal with an issue head-on rather than blaming people. When a politician asks why something is happening, instead of responding, we start saying politicians are covering it. We should not do that at all but find another way of dealing with it. In so doing, we need to come up with strategies that make sense. We have reformed warriors and pastors, why do we not use them? The President talked about that in detail but we need to see how that can be done. Again, we need to appreciate that we can only deal with this when we work together. Madam Temporary Speaker, lastly, the President talked about our education and health sectors and I appreciate changes that are taking place. Some of us are from the academia but sometimes the way we deal with some of these things is not good. The other day I was watching how headmasters of Alliance Boys and Maseno High School were being manhandled. We concentrate on a small problem and make it a big thing. Although we want to bring changes, we should not kill the baby as we--- Madam Temporary Speaker, I second. 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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