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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Ntimama",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for National Heritage and Culture",
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        "legal_name": "William Ronkorua ole Ntimama",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Minister for moving such a clear-cut Vote of the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. I also congratulate him further for having controlled cattle rustling, insecurity, deaths of people in northern Kenya, including Turkana, Samburu and all the other areas. I would like to say that, at least, there is stability there. I think it is very important to mention that for a long time, there has not been stability in the north. That is a credit to the Minister and his personnel who are listening here. Secondly, I want to say, very clearly, that we need the Provincial Administration in the new Constitution. It must be properly structured. We cannot do without the Provincial Administration as it is. It requires a few adjustments. It is very important in many ways. It brings about cohesion, puts the community together and settles the little problems among the people. That work is done by chiefs and sub-chiefs. However, we should train those people. I have seen, personally, in recent years, that provincial officers who are well educated and well trained are fitting very well in the administration of the people. They are trained on how to handle the people without any taint of tribalism. That is the kind of training that those people should have. Days are gone for old guys who were happy to put handcuffs on people, throw them into cold cells and take them to court without knowing what they had done. It is important to train them. I have travelled all over the country and I have seen a new breed of officers who are well trained, well educated and they are fitting very well in their work. They are not like the old guys who were trigger happy among many other things. The chiefs should also be trained because we need them in the villages for many reasons. I do not think there is anybody who would think that we should remove the Provincial Administration . That is because they are very important to us. I also want to say very clearly that police reforms must come. This is a new dawn for this country. We have just ratified a new Constitution which includes, among many other things, human rights. The police are now friends of the people. They are helping people to be free to work in their own communities and thus eliminate crime. They are identifying criminals and investigating them, among many other things. They must know whether the two forces will be put together or not and whether they will be under two commands or one command. I think the best thing is for them to co-ordinate and work as a team. I think reforms must be introduced in the Police Force. It is shameful to continue with this thing called corruption. The police are stuck with corruption. They are at the top of the corruption list every year. I think that trend must stop. We must stop the vice called corruption in this country, especially among the group that is supposed to defend our livelihoods, interests and economy. How can they be on top of the corruption list all the time? We must all start thinking. I am sure that the new Commissioner here, as an individual and all the people who are helping him, are conscious of that fact. We must work together. I support."
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