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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the nomination and approval of the immediate former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Hon. Noordin Haji. As it has been said in the Report, this is a gentleman known very well by the people of Kenya. He has served in the office of the DPP with unmatched integrity. He is getting into an office that is extremely sensitive. The office of the Director-General of National Intelligence Service is a repository of our national security. I am certain that the Committee, during vetting, engaged him in depth. And knowing matters security are not matters to delve in depth, it is important for Hon. Noordin to note that we have seen incidences like those of Shakahola and rampant attacks by terrorists in Lamu and Northern Kenya before. I am glad that Hon. Noordin is from Northern Kenya and, therefore, has a responsibility to safeguard the lives and property of Kenyans. First, he has to safeguard the lives and properties of the people in Northern Kenya and along the coastal belt bordering Somalia. We are all in the greater East African region which is unsafe in terms of security. The Director-General of NIS will be critical in ensuring not just the safety of our country, but also in guaranteeing safety of our neighbours. He also has to ensure that insecurity from our neighbouring countries like Sudan, Congo, and Somalia do not in any way infringe on the safety and security of Kenyans. Hon. Noordin Haji is a dedicated public servant who will never allow State capture to take over his office as Director-General of NIS. Indeed, NIS will never be used like before to settle political scores. Hon. Junet Mohamed will feel safe just as I will with Hon. Noordin Haji holding the office of the Director-General, NIS. I pray and wish him well. This afternoon, the House will approve him as our next Director-General of NIS. I hope he will act to ensure that he ignites intelligence services right at the sub location level. That, never again will Kenyans experience the Shakahola kind of tragedy that we have, where over a period of more than 10 years, Kenyans have been killed and their bodies buried in a forest in Shakahola, Malindi. There were chiefs and intelligence officers in Malindi, Kilifi and Shakahola yet in the last five years, hundreds of people disappeared and others were subjected to extra-judicial killings. We wonder whether those who were subjected to extra judicial killings under the last regime are part of those who are buried in Shakahola. I ask Hon. Noordin Haji to ensure that he goes to the depth of the extra-judicial killings that happened under the former regime and under the DCI, Mr. Kinoti. He should check whether there is any correlation between the massacre and burying of bodies in Shakahola and the extra-judicial killings that were perpetuated in the last five years. With those few remarks, I beg to strongly support this great son of Garissa County and Kenya whose family has also served this country. His father was not just a Senator but an experienced administrator and security man in the past. I hope Hon. Noordin Haji will follow in the footsteps of his late father and other intelligence chiefs who have secured our country. I wish him all the best. I support."
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