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"content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Insecurity, not only in North Eastern Province, but in the whole of the country where we have skirmishes, is pathetic and unbelievable. I cannot understand why brothers can turn against one another. It has been said that we have insecurity in areas where poverty levels are high. If two communities are both poor, why would they turn against each other? Are we saying that if a family has no food for the night, then they will turn against each other the following morning? If people are going to turn against those who have food and maybe take the food by force, I can understand that. When people are all poor and they start fighting, what are they fighting for? They should unite, so that they can find a solution to their problem and probably fight against the Government which ought to provide them with food. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think there are more reasons to insecurity than just poverty. Indeed, Kenyans have taken the peace that we have enjoyed for the last 43 years for granted and thought that peace is just there to be enjoyed. They have forgotten that there is a living God who gives that peace. Instead of looking upon God, we have started to fight against one another and idol worshipping. I want to take this opportunity to thank the President very sincerely for declaring this coming Friday a public holiday and a prayer day. This is a day for repentance for this country because we have assumed very many things. We have assumed that when we turn against one 590 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 19, 2006 another, we are going to get a solution. If we turn to God, call upon Him and ask Him for solutions to these problems, then we will not resort to violence. Kenyans should know that this is a very dangerous period, not only in Kenya but in the universe. In the spirit world, this period is called the \"Black Mark\". There is a lot of spiritual warfare going on. Satan wants to see people killing one another so that he can have a sacrifice. We do not seem to understand that; instead, we condemn those who call us to prayer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also concerned that we allocate a lot of money for the armed forces. In fact, we vote more money to the armed forces than to the agricultural sector, which is the mainstay for this country. We are left to wonder what the armed forces are doing to protect our people from foreign aggression. Why do we need them? If the Ugandan Army can cross over into our side, like the Chair said here a few hours earlier, and kill Kenyans, what are the armed forces doing if they cannot retaliate? There must be something wrong! That is why I would like to call upon this country to turn to the living God instead of worshipping idols. If we are going to allocate money to the armed forces, we should deploy them at the border to protect our people and their property. We are not at war with anybody and we continue feeding our armed forces! The issue of insecurity is not only confined to northern Kenya, but even in Nairobi, there are some areas where you cannot walk freely after 6ix o'clock. The police should patrol those areas to enable our people to continue with their businesses as usual. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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