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    "content": "the changing times. This Bill is going to make the NSIS to be more effective, more professional and to be more responsive to the needs of Kenyans. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, about giving the NSIS the power to arrest, I am one person who supports that. We have to bear in mind that the ratio of police to civilians in this country is 1:750, and the international standards require that you have a ratio of 1:450. So, it is a mockery that an intelligence officer who has discovered a criminal has to report to the police, so that they can arrest the criminal. I want hon. Members to appreciate the fact that whatever is happening in our country and in the marginalized areas like Mandera, Garsen, Isiolo and Turkana--- It is no surprise that the intelligence service provided that information earlier to the consumer, but, unfortunately, because of the state of affairs that our police have been subjected to, for instance lack of vehicles or fuel--- There are some instances where the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) gets 12 litres of petrol for patrol in a day. There are also certain instances where an OCS has no vehicles. So, the intelligence service will provide information, but who is going to act? Let us not try to criminalize or condemn the intelligence service for weaknesses which are our own as a country. Let us instead give them what is required for them to become more efficient and serve us better. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also wish to comment on the fact that some of the security threats that we have in this country are due to politicians. Politicians are a pillar in terms of having covert meetings, incitement and so on. For instance whatever happened in 2007 can be blamed entirely on the political process of the time. That should not give us an excuse to ask how come that the NSIS’ work is to follow politicians. If you are a security threat to this country, you must be followed; whatever we do, we do not do it in good faith. Those who are messing us up---Politicians cannot exonerate themselves."
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