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    "id": 1284618,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I would like to thank Sen. Faki and Sen. (Prof.) Kamar for putting the interest of their people and their property ahead of any other consideration. Nonetheless, with your permission, I will correct the Senator for Lamu. He has done well in defending the interests of the people of Lamu County. He has no business alluding to a government that is doing a great job. You have a duty to hold the feet of the people who have the responsibility of securing your people on the fire until normalcy returns in Lamu. So far, you have done a good job. I like the mantra of the American Army. The American Army exists to serve the American people, defend the nation, protect vital national interests and fulfill the national military responsibilities. In other words, the officers in the American Army are recruited to fight, kill or die for the nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, earlier in the week or last week, we lost five gallant soldiers in Lamu. Today, an unidentified number of Army officers have been killed in a plane crash in Lamu. When you look at the profiles of the soldiers that we have lost, it is the face of Kenya. Kenya is being massacred in Lamu County. Government 101 states that; the responsibilities of any government, including the Kenya Kwanza Government, is to provide leadership, maintain law and order and - it should be underlined - to provide national security. A government that cannot protect its citizens anywhere has no business being in office. This Motion is not about Lamu County any more than it is about Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Mombasa, Marsabit or even Kitui counties. This Motion is about an existential threat to the nation called Kenya, as we know it. Lamu just happens to be the latest epicenter of terror attacks. They say the officers being killed there are from all over Kenya. The people living in Lamu County come from all over the country. Kitui, Machakos and Makueni counties have contributed a big share of the population of the people in Lamu. Therefore, when Lamu is under attack, Kitui, Makueni, Machakos, Kakamega and Turkana are under attack. An attack on Lamu is an attack on Kenya. It must prick this Government to rise from its deep sleep and act on the terror being visited on the citizens of Kenya in Lamu. Madam Temporary Speaker, I repeat the words of my colleague, Sen. Chute, that we have no business in Somalia. If we cannot secure Lamu, Mandera and the grazing fields of Kitui County, we have no business securing Mogadishu. We must recall our soldiers to come and provide security and protect national interests in this country. I support."
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