{"id":113905,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/113905/?format=json","text_counter":251,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Maj. Sugow","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Public Service","speaker":{"id":142,"legal_name":"Aden Ahmed Sugow","slug":"aden-sugow"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue that I would like to talk about is security along our borders. One Member raised a question about our border with Southern Sudan. Generally, in the last one year or so, a lot has been happening along our international boundaries. There is nothing as important as the sovereignty of a nation. The strongest benchmark for measuring that is the ability of a nation to defend its boundaries. It was very important for the President to have come out and reassured Kenyans of the Government’s commitment to secure borders of this country. I thought that, that was an important matter which the President should have mentioned, but which did not come out."}