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    "id": 91183,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 114,
        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. For the benefit of many Members who want to contribute, I will be very brief. I will not even consume my five minutes. Condemnation and commendation always go together. When condemnation comes, it is not because the police or the Provincial Administration is hated by hon. Members. When condemnations are due and given, it is not that everything is well and going on smoothly. I know that the police have come from far, since the years I was in school. I was a young boy then and now, I am an old man. There is a big difference in the Police Force that we have now. We need to commend them for the steps they have taken to improve their image. I know that they cannot achieve 100 per cent. But we call upon the Provincial Administration to strive to have a Police Force that is more disciplined and which has respect for human rights. As we enter into the second Kenya, we expect more from the Police Force in terms of enforcing the law and respecting the values of the Kenyan people. Going to the Votes, I do not think that the Ransley Report recommended a freeze on hiring of the general police and Administration Police. When the Treasury allocates some money that is supposed to better the terms of the general police and Administration Police, it forgets that the Kenya population is growing. The services grow in tandem. So, if we stop hiring the police and Administration Police, we are over-burdening those who are already in service. Although we may have hiked their salaries, they may be required to enforce the law 24 hours in seven days because they cannot match the population. So, I think it is in order for the Minister to request for more money to recruit new police officers and Administration Police. On that note, I want to over-emphasize the need for us to supply our police officers with good equipment and vehicles. Where I come from, we have vast area. The police are supposed to patrol and enforce security in that vast area. This is worrying. It is only us who come from cattle rustling and insecurity prone areas who would understand what I am talking about. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you allocate 6.5 litres of fuel per vehicle in Bura, this can only go for about 40 kilometres a day. When we expect the police Land Rover to patrol from one station to the other and be called for emergencies in the middle of the night, then I would not doubt why the police would say that they have no fuel to go and attend to insecurity matters when they are raised. This is a concern that we need to address. Positioning a border post in Liboi and Nadapal is commendable, but more ought to be done. There has to be a linkage between the Provincial Administration and the Ministry of State for Defence. If the Ministry of State for Defence is supposed to patrol the borders, why should the police at any one time be so much concerned with border issues? Where are military personnel? If they are confined in Nairobi, then funds should be channeled to the police to patrol our borders. I wish to conclude by saying that everything is about image. I would want the police to also respect the dignity of the Kenyan people. We should not hear that Kenyans are being arrested and taken to foreign countries without the necessary court papers and orders. Security is not only about the police, but it is also about the co-operation of the public with the officers concerned. If we are not going to offer dignity to the Kenyan people when it comes to arresting criminals, then we do not expect the people to co- operate with the police. That will in turn cause insecurity."
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