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    "content": "need for an agency that can provide us with the intelligence to act proactively and also in retrospect. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, more importantly, I just want to highlight the fact that Kenya is in competition with the rest of the world, whether you are talking from a trade perspective, transport perspective or all manner of issues. Other countries will only compete with us based on the information that they have and the intelligence. When you look at the way we are within the new constitutional dispensation, we seem to be imagining that we have no obligation to retain any of our confidentiality. That is, perhaps, what we will all regret about at some point in future. Unless we can provide for some confidentiality, especially within Government, all the information we have will be available to other states that are competing with us. It will not be long before Kenya becomes a state that might as well not have any confidentiality, because information is going to the NGOs and the foreign governments, which will use it to the disadvantage of Kenyans and to jeopardize Kenyan national security. As we look at this Bill, let us start also looking at how we can ensure that this agency works for Kenya, and is given the level of confidentiality that is required to protect the integrity of our nation, as Kenyans, and the confidentiality of the information that we need to have, so that we can move forward as Kenya and protect our citizens from any aggression from outside; somebody should have access to information that they should not have, whether you are talking about threats, military attacks or terrorism attacks by people having information they should not be having. There is much more we can say, but for now I believe we have made a very good start. The Bill has been validated through all the processes. I am glad that at least even in terms of the debate, there has not been much in the public domain. The committees have been looking at it and workshops have been held. From the information we have, there has been a lot of consensus building on this matter. I hope we shall do justice to it and give Kenyans the security agency that they require for the future. With those remarks, I beg to second."
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