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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Jamleck Kamau",
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        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to convey my condolences to Mr. Lugano’s family and his constituents. He was a good friend of mine. I am proud to have served the same country with him. I was impressed when the President gave his Speech, but unfortunately, there are areas that he did not touch on, especially security. That is what I would like to talk about. Before the Speech was read by the President, there was killing madness in parts of Kirinyaga and Karatina and that issue was not touched by the President. We are scaring away investors from this country. For investors to come to a country, the first thing that they look at is security then availability of energy and labour. This country is suffering in a big way in terms of security. When something is not working, there are two options; either changing it or forgetting about it completely. On this particular issue, I would like to put blame on two gentlemen that are serving in the Government. First is the Director of the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and the Commissioner of Police. The two holders of these offices have to be blamed. I would like to say that if you check the background of these two persons, you will find that both of them served in the armed forces. One of them was a jet fighter pilot and the other one is trained in the armoury. So, they were not trained to do police work. What is important in police work is public relations. Nobody can convince me that police work and army work is the same. In my opinion, those are like day and night. I would like the Government to give that work to people trained to do police work. We know our police officers have international repute and I do not see why the Government does not find it necessary to get one of them to take the lead. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue is transportation. That issue was not adequately covered. In most developed countries, they rely on rail transport. In this country, we are still using matatus, and I do not think we are going anywhere with such transport system in this country. For us to have economic growth, we need to focus further and try to do something on improving our transportation. With a modern rail transport, one would comfortably live in a place like Nanyuki, Nakuru or Machakos because one would be sure of getting to Nairobi and going back in the evening. Forty-five years after Independence, we should be thinking outside the box. That is where the modern world is moving; towards fast-moving trains. It is not expensive. If we get some money from our development partners, we can do it."
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