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    "content": "lead from petrol and other impunities, consumption of GMO foods, contaminated products, vegetables--- If you want to know whether nduma was grown in a contaminated environment or not, put it in water and leave it there overnight. If it was fetched from a sewage environment, you will know. That is the kind of intelligence we need in this country, so that the Government can act accordingly. That is what we are missing here. Today, if you ask me what the level of food insecurity is and what causes it, I will give you three major reasons. Number one, cartel; number two, cartel; and number three, cartel. These cartels can only be managed by a well organized intelligence service. I support the view that some intelligence officers may at one point need to use minimum force. In Naivasha during the bad days, we were aware that the intelligence had reports that six hours ahead, something was going to happen. If they had a capacity to use minimum force, at least, the many who died in Naivasha would not have died. I witnessed that myself. Many hon. Members here are armed. Why do we all of a sudden want to behave like them saying that politicians cannot become the DG of the intelligence service? We carry ammunition, but they cannot carry ammunition to do their job. Carrying ammunition comes with responsibilities. I would not have difficulties in allowing these people to use these gadgets even if it means coming to record my conversation with my wife. If it is a matter of me and my wife and I am telling her; “sweet darling, I have brought you these roses from Naivasha” and things like that, that is okay. If the Government has enough money to do so, that is okay. If the Government has money and time to do that, let it be. But if I am going to plan how I am going to kill a whole section of a society or how to be a tribal king then, of course, somebody needs to hear these stories. It is one thing to sit here and another thing all together when you are out there and require that bit of information that guides you. I owe my life to them. I have to declare this today. This is because one bad night in Naivasha, some people planned whatever they wanted to do; to clear John Michael Mututho Njenga here. The intelligence me alerted and asked me: “Are you in this hotel?” Unfortunately, it was the car which was there, but they were able to say that, surely, something was going to happen. They were able to intercept and I thank them for that. I would be past tense. This kind of intelligence, when availed, the Service should be able to move in and act decisively. I do not think that we need to live in fear. We are civilized people and do our things in the open. We have a wonderful new Chamber here and everybody is seeing us across the world, because we are streaming worldwide. We talk within the right and without staying on the rights of other people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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