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    "id": 1567641,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": ". That is not the way to handle security matters. It should not be hit and run. There must be a strategy for prevention in areas that are known to be volatile. If there was a strategy, then the committee must be told if it was working. If the strategy was not working, then the Cabinet Secretary must tell us what he is doing to improve the strategy around the region, so that we do not have a repeat of the same incidents. We do not want a situation where somebody has to be killed for security personnel to be beefed up, because that is the word they always use. They say, “security around this region has now been beefed up.” Always reactionary, not moving in front. Where is the intelligence? Where is National Intelligence Service (NIS)? Why can they not use the intelligence they receive to take preventive actions? Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my county, we have the Kenya Police Reserve (KPR). We have raised the issues as leaders many times, that we need proper guns that can deal with security matters, not the old type of guns. However, we are always told, “we are waiting, we want to take these people for training.” If something happens today in Tana River County, you will see that all the security personnel will be there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good for us to have a strategy of prevention. If all the people know that when you come to certain areas, their KPRs are well armed, and their arms are modern---"
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