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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lagat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elijah Kiptarbei Lagat",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity so that I can also support this Bill. First of all, I want to send my condolences to the family of the late Michuki due to the passing on of his wife, the relatives of deceased families in Tana River and also the family of the veteran politician from Butere, the late hon. Martin Shikuku. I also want to say that this Bill is very important and we need to support it because we know what the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) has done for us. Most of the information that we get is through NSIS. I think this Bill just needs some amendments on some clauses but, otherwise, I want to say that most of them are doing a commendable job. What we need in the recruitment of staff to the NIS is regional balance. That way, out of the 47 counties that we have, every county should get the same share. I think that is very important so that the entire country can work as a team. Secondly, I want to talk about the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). I want to say that we want balancing. You can go to a place and find that there is one community working there. They may not even come from around or understand the local language. It is also a problem to know what people are discussing. For example in Nandi County, although there are CID officers from other communities, it is also necessary to have somebody from the Kalenjin community who can understand the language of the people there, so that he can assist. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to say that we have seen many police officers at road blocks and they carry rungus and not guns. We know that most of the criminals are ex-soldiers. How can a policeman fight a criminal using a rungu when the criminal has a gun? I want to say that it is necessary for all the security personnel to be armed."
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