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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to now respond to the second part of the question. The measures that we are taking, other than the military and the police action to flash out criminals, including improving our intelligence. This will help us to work on intelligence- based and led security. We have made great strides in strengthening multi-agency intelligence sharing, even within the organs of national security within the National Intelligence Service (NIS), NPS and other agencies involved in the security of our country. We are investing heavily in intelligence. In the same way, the enhancement of intelligence-led security has helped us to contain the threat of terrorism. I am convinced beyond doubt that Kenya will win against bandits through intelligence-led security operations. Secondly, we have deployed and enhanced the special operation group which is one of the formed units of NPS. For the information of the House, the future of our country winning over sophisticated and complex crime is in the specialized formed units of NPS. This includes banditry, terrorism and drug trafficking. We have a number of these formed units such as the Special Operations Group, the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU), the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), General Service Unit (GSU) and others. They are our frontline soldiers in the fight against complex crime. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the measures taken in Samburu West Constituency, in the last few weeks, we have deployed the Special Operation Group (SOG) which helped us a great deal two months ago to stabilise Samburu North. In Baragoi, there were gunshots, deaths and bloodshed every day. However, the Senator and the people of Samburu County will tell you from December last year, that area has been cleared. We only have a challenge and we call upon the two Houses of Parliament to support our security sector. The investment required in the specialised training of these formed units is so high, yet the results are extremely precious for this country. The formed units, including the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU), won the war against terror. The war on banditry will be won by a mixture of general policing and also the use of formed units. Therefore, we will require the support of the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the way we have done with Baragoi is the same way we are now putting SOG on the other parts of Samburu County. We are also doing the same for other affected counties, which are not within the operation area. I can report to the House that on Friday, I will visit Elgeyo-Marakwet County to see the deployment of SOG because of the Kolowa Bridge and the problems we have had in Marakwet East between Tiaty and Marakwet. There have been cross-border raids of late. We have sealed off that area now. It is going to be a thing of the past. Gradually, we are winning the war. We will invest in peace building. Shortly, we are starting community-led peace building activities in all these areas. We thought we should stabilise the areas first before we engage in peace building. We will also do disarmament. However, we have taken our time to first stabilise and silence the guns. We must disarm the public."
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