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    "id": 307349,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Bill and I want to support it from the outset. I want to support it because people are saying that the security threats in this country are many. My position is that we politicians are the biggest security threat in this country. That is why you find these officers following you everywhere. If you were not a threat, they would not be following you everywhere you go. I want to agree with those who have said that the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) should be given the power to arrest. In fact, we must enhance their power of arrest. I say this because some of the backgrounds we come from, you cannot come to this House and give us the comfort zones of your own regions. Today, every part of northern Kenya is bleeding. It is bleeding not because the intelligence has failed in its job, but because once they share information, action is not taken. If there was an arm of the Government which had the capacity to arrest, we want that to be NSIS. If they were able to do so, I think we would not be in a crisis as we are today. So, my view is that they should be given ammunition, they should be armed and we should enhance their power, but they should not use it arbitrarily but with reason. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this country faces a lot of challenges, especially in matters of security. Therefore, this organization is important. Also it must be run by all Kenyans. The Bill says that appointments should be based on counties, but I want the appointments to be based on all the communities of Kenya, so that all the communities, whether minority or majority, will have an opportunity to serve in the service. If you say the appointment will be made on the basis of counties or regions, there will be danger of over-representation of certain communities. There is a clause that says that former Members of Parliament should be excluded. I think that is unconstitutional. In fact, I suggest that the next Director General must be a former politician, because they are the ones who know these crimes. They are the ones who go round making silly mistakes. So, in my view, the next director general should be a former Member of Parliament, who knows the kind of crimes the politicians commit. I just want to stop there but we must empower this organization and rein in those who want to be warlords. Someone wants to be a president, governor or senator, yet he or she is a warlord. Therefore, the NSIS should be empowered to deal with criminals who want to become leaders."
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