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    "speaker_name": "Eng. Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to support this Motion. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to start by acknowledging the role of sports in Kenya in achieving peace, security and national cohesion. This has been aptly demonstrated by the activities of such organizations like the Tecla Lorupe Foundation, whose annual peace runs have helped to heal deep divisions between communities. I think, perhaps, it is time the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security considered working with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to use sports to heal divisions between some of our communities. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, many Kenyans are contributing to peace and security but their efforts are going unnoticed. On this note, allow me to congratulate a gallant individual; a true son of Kenya, a patriot and world beater, David Lekuta Rudisha, for his achievements in Berlin on Sunday. Judging by the many callings to radio stations on Sunday from all parts of the country, e-mails, short messages, discussions in sports fora and social networks, I want to say here that Rudishaâs effort of just over one-and-a- half minutes, perhaps, did more for peace, security and national cohesion in Kenya than what we see as sometimes unco-ordinated and haphazard efforts of the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. It is my hope that one day this country can recognize and immortalize the likes of Rudisha and their achievements for truly, indeed, they are the heroes of this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, law and order must remain the prime responsibility of this Ministry. All our national aspirations will come to naught if Kenyans cannot feel secure when they go to work and back to their houses and most importantly, if they cannot feel secure in their houses where they live. I think it is important that at all times, efforts at achieving law and order are seen to be well co- ordinated and requires effective response by this Ministry. But sometimes, it is discouraging. That is why the Ministry needs to ask itself why, for instance, its efforts at disarmament and mopping out of small arms has not achieved much. Ad hoc and poorly co-ordinated efforts seem to be the Ministryâs way of doing things. I say this particularly with the incidents of cattle rustling in northern Kenya and the remote parts of Kenya in mind. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to affirm that this Ministry has many reports about cattle rustling. There was a meeting of the Association of East African Police Chiefs which was discussing cattle rustling. In the Office of the President, there is department which deals with small arms and cattle rustling. There is the Institute for Security Studies which has done a lot of research on how to deal with cattle rustling. Indeed, even the Ministry of State for Defence has received many reports on how to fight cattle rustling. I think it is time this Ministry told the country why, after so many years, cattle rustling still remains a major menace in Kenya. Every time it occurs, we see unco- ordinated and unplanned efforts to stamp it out. The issue of promotion is one, especially among the Police Force, that has to be taken seriously. As I drive around the countryside, I see police officers with force numbers beginning with 50. I am told that force numbers beginning with 50 are of police officers who joined in the mid-80s. How is it possible that somebody who joined the Police Force in mid-80s is still a constable? If they are unable to discharge their duties, why are they not fired? How can you be motivated when you remain in one job group for over 25 years? These are the issues that the Ministry must look into. Finally, in the late 80s, I was a student at the University of Nairobi. One of our weekend rituals was to see off our colleagues who were going home at the country bus. It was very joyous for us to walk from the country bus, through Kirinyaga Road and down the tunnel through Murangâa Road up to the University of Nairobi. We never used to worry about anything. To me, the Minister and his team will have achieved the aspirations of this country in terms of security if a day shall come when Prof. Saitoti and Mr. Iteere will walk from country bus at midnight, without guns, cross Nairobi up to the Uhuru Highway without worrying about insecurity. With those few remarks, I support."
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