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    "id": 215032,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "But I want to tell them emphatically that the reason why they will lose in the coming General Election is because they have failed to provide security to Kenyans. The most important responsibility of any Government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens. If you cannot provide security to your citizens, then you have no reason to call yourself a government! It is time to pack up and go home! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenyans are living in perpetual fear. When we go to bed, we are not sure that we will wake up alive. The Minister has said that the budget we are voting for his Ministry is not enough. There can never be enough budget! He should make do with what we give him. We are voting him Kshs30 billion. This is one of the well-funded Ministries in this Republic. Therefore, he should not give that as an excuse. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are happy to hear that the Minister is undertaking some reforms. We hope that those reforms will improve the security situation in this country. But I would like him to know that we are happy because he will add the number of police officers in this country. But with the number of law enforcement officers that we have at the moment, he is able to curb all the menace that we are seeing around! It looks like the officers are deployed specifically to guard Very Important People (VIPs), when Kenyans out there have no one to cater for them. It amazes me to see a Minister drive to Parliament, where his or her security is not threatened at all--- It has become a trend for all of them to have two bodyguards in their vehicles, and another vehicle riding behind them called a chase car with four bodyguards. That is a waste of resources and manpower. I want to urge the Ministry, as much as he says he will add the number of police officers, to make proper use of what we already have. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is nowhere that is safe in this country. In North Eastern Province and parts of Eastern Province, there is banditry. In Molo and Mt. Elgon districts, there are land clashes. In the towns, people are being mugged every day. In Central Province, the"
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