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    "speaker_name": "Mr. I.E. Mohammed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, if intelligence information was used properly, then we would have averted deaths in Tana River. Let us use this information properly and we will have peace in those areas. It is sad that public officers were given intelligence information about the impending post election violence, but they did nothing to prevent it. It is not enough that our intelligence service will gather information to be used in tribunals, foreign courts or anywhere else. We want them to act on that information. If they do not act, they should give a good reason for not doing so. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with those who say this organization should be not be political. We do not want them to take sides. But we also know Kenyans are fond of spreading rumours. We should shield an institution like the Judiciary from politics. But this agency will not work if the other security agencies are not working well. For example, the CIA will not work well, if the FBI is not working well. So, we must support our CID to have the same capacity. In Wajir County, there are four CID officers. None of them speak the local language. How do we expect them to stop crime in that county? So, we need to boost all parts of the security agencies for this particular one to work well. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand the worry here that the information will be used wrongly. I just want to respond to what hon. Khalwale said earlier about information of a girl friend somewhere. I think that will be giving the wrong impression. The NSIS’s job is not about who is sleeping with who. It is about serious business of protecting this country. I just wanted to correct that impression. Thank you for giving me that opportunity and I support the Bill."
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