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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Onyancha",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to disagree with some of our speakers today who have proposed that we surrender and recall our armed forces because they claim that our intervention in Somalia is the reason for these attacks. We were attacked before we went into Somalia. We were under attack for a long time. Our tourism industry was under attack. We did not have an alternative other than to move in and try and nip the problem in the bud. So, with all my resolve, I support Operation Linda Nchi . I want to commend our soldiers in the Kenya Defence Forces who are out there, fighting for us. I also send condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives while trying to preserve our security. With regard to the recruitment into Al Shabaab, I think we need to go back to Agenda Four of the National Accord, which seeks to address joblessness in this country and how to get youth out of joblessness and poverty. I guess this is the reason why they are easy recruits into these criminal organisations. We really need to look into this as Government and as Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, police reforms are also underway. I would urge the Minister responsible for the police, who is present here, to make sure that those reforms are hastened. In the same breath, I would like to ask hon. Members that when the Minister asks Parliament for money, we should also be able to accommodate him in order for him to be able to make things possible because without security, we cannot have investment and without investment we cannot create jobs. Without jobs, we will have more insecurity. Therefore, I want to request hon. Members to support our national defence forces, the police and the Government, so that we get over this problem as soon as we can. I am sure that it is not Kenya’s intention to stay in Somalia for a day longer than is necessary, but as long as that threat is there, it is necessary that we stay there and secure our country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have looked at the list of the people who were hurt and those who passed away at Kamukunji in this grenade attack. It is like a list of who-is-who from all over the country. I do not want to read out their names; all I can say is that Kamukunji is a very cosmopolitan constituency and we are all involved and concerned. Even if it was not cosmopolitan, any part of Kenya belongs to us, as Kenyans and more so as Members of Parliament; it hurts when we find that we are under attack. We must, therefore, condemn this act with all our vigour. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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