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    "id": 273466,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise in support of the Motion. This is about our internal security. Sometimes, internal security can be threatened by external matters. We remember the incident in Lamu where people from across the border came to abduct tourists and threatened our homeland security. I, therefore, from the outset, want to say that I support Operation Linda Nchi and commend our armed forces for a job well done. I also appreciate the fact that they are now joining African Union Mission for Somali (AMISOM). That is because Kenya should not be an occupational force. Once the job is done, it is important that we give it to AMISOM. I want to condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the grenade attack on innocent Kenyans at Machakos Bus Station and commend the Member for Kamukunji for moving this Adjournment Motion. In my view, the failure by our internal security apparatus to investigate previous incidents of lawlessness is one of the causes of such incidences. I recall the grenade attack during the “NO” Rally at Uhuru Park. To date, even after the police promised that they would not leave any stone unturned, they have left all the stones unturned. Two years later, we do not know who was responsible. I remember the grenade attack on River Road at the bus stop to go to Uganda the same year in 2010, and the case has not been concluded. Nobody has ever been arrested. There are many other incidences. Recently, there have been several incidences in Garissa but no prosecutions have taken place. There have been several incidences in Wajir and no prosecutions have occured. That includes a daring raid on an AP Camp. There have been incidences in Garissa and on our border where our DO and several other people were abducted. Those are incidences occurring inside Kenya. Kenya is being dared! But I also recall that after the incident at the Machakos Bus Station, the Al Shabaab issued a statement, if at all it was theirs, saying that they do not engage in such low level incidents. What I am wondering is: Are the police too quick to label everything happening internally as AlShabaab ? Has Al Shabaab become the excuse so that no thorough investigations are done? By so doing, are we promoting and encouraging criminals to commit acts of murder and injure Kenyans, knowing that Al Shabaab will be blamed? This is a wakeup call to the police. We have seen them neglect internal security in Moyale and Isiolo. This is an election year and we can very well encourage criminals to start causing mayhem pretending that it is coming from outside. I want to urge the Government to carry out thorough investigations. A Government cannot claim to be in charge when it cannot protect its own people. We are, therefore, calling for the police to up their game. We are asking the National Security Intelligence Service to show that they are worth the money that Kenyans vote for them every year. What are they doing? Why are they not warning us in advance? Why is the police not taking pre-emptive measures, if they can tell us so quickly that it is the Al Shabaab ? If you have that information, then why not take corrective measures? This is a Government that is asleep on matters of security. The police reforms are key. We need to weed out rogue elements in the police force. This is why these lapses are occurring. We had the other day an incident where senior police officers caused the dismissal of juniors who had caused the arrest of a criminal foreigner and, the officer who allows or facilitates the absconding of the foreigner is not punished."
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