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    "content": "In the same vein, Kenyans must be prepared to sacrifice a little bit of the rights that have been duly enshrined in our new Constitution to enhance the overall safety and security in this country. It is very important that you and I are prepared to go an extra mile to sacrifice some of our freedoms, so that we can enjoy that very important right of security. Therefore, let us try our best to stretch this Bill to the extent possible, without infringing on the Constitution so much. We must be prepared to sacrifice some of our freedoms to a certain measure. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, an intelligence service just provides intelligence. It is for other actors to whom intelligence is provided to act. So, where an intelligence service fails is where it fails to provide particular intelligence to a particular user agency. So, the matter that was raised by some of my colleagues here, to the effect that we must have some provisions for follow-up of actionable intelligence that has been provided, if it is not utilized and something happens, as stipulated or as advocated or as forecasted by the intelligence agency; is important, so that we do not have state agencies which are provided with such intelligence but fail to use it and, in the process, compromise national security. The Service, as it exists today, has been part of society in this country. It has been used during a time when there was dictatorship in this country. It has been used at a time when there was a political transition, and it will continue to transform. We need to continue to transform it to ensure that we make it a modern-day intelligence Service, commensurate with our status, as a country under a new constitutional dispensation. Therefore, we must not dwell on its past, because we are all leaving the past, as a country. We must look forward to ensure that we reform it, so that it meets our expectations, as a nation. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I very much agree with the proposal that the President should be allowed to appoint the Director-General of the Service. In the same vein, the President should have the freedom to sack the Director-General. We cannot give a right with one hand and take it away with the other hand. I also agree with those who said that we should try and synchronize the term of service of the Director-General with that of the President he or she will be serving. It is only fair that a President is always served by a Director-General he trusts because, at the end of the day, the responsibility of ensuring national security falls on the shoulders of the Chief Executive of the country. On a light note, I have an intelligence background. I have been trained---"
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