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    "id": 927388,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Soipan Tuya",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Kamuren wants to harass me out of my opportunity to speak. However, he should know that he has no chance to second a Motion for Adjournment. I wish to support the Motion. It is a Motion that touches on the security of Kenyans, particularly those from fragile counties and constituencies of this country that have had incessant cases of insecurity since time immemorial. From the prosecution of the Motion by the Member for Turkana East, I wish to speak to the issue of the recent disarmament of the National Police Reservists. I happened to be a Member and Chairperson of the Committee on Implementation in the 11th Parliament and a Motion came to this House and we deliberated it for a very long time on the importance of NPRs in some counties of this country. This was in terms of their role in complementing the work of the mainstream security forces. It defeats logic to hear the disarmament that has happened to the NPRs yet we know they are drawn from the localities they serve. These are people who understand the terrain. They even understand the mode of operation of the bandits who are engaged in cattle rustling and all the criminal acts. I wish I could read or hear from the Ministry of Interior and National Coordination and the security forces involved about the wisdom behind the disarmament of NPRs. This House, in the 11th Parliament, pushed for the strengthening, kitting, arming and identification to institutionalise NPR to support the work of the mainstream security forces. With the withdrawal of the NPR, like has been said here, live cases are being given which happen immediately after the withdrawal or the disarmament of the NPR. You begin to wonder what rule book the security forces of this country are reading. Any action that should be taken in the porous parts of this country, where we have cases of insecurity, cattle rustling and other forms of criminal acts which The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}