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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to also join others in condoling the families of the late hon. Michuki, the late hon. Martin Shikuku and also families of Kenyans that we have lost through clashes in Tana River and Mandera. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, over the weekend, a young man walked to me and told me to my face that I belong to the Mungiki sect. Less than a month ago, I witnessed a case along Parliament Road of another young man who was resisting to be arrested by the police officers. In fact, he wanted to snatch a gun from the officer and members of the public were on his side. This is a young man who was trying to do some bit of pick pocketing from the same members of the public. The question that begs for an answer is: Why is it that Kenyans are now being bold to openly defy the security agents of our country? Why is it that today we have lost the lives of 14 Kenyans in Tana River and another three in Mandera? Is it because we did not have the intelligence information? I almost can bet that there was intelligence information that had been gathered way before these things happened. It was possible, if we had the correct statutes in place, to have prevented the loss of lives. This House cannot wait for another day for Kenyans to continue losing lives under the pretext of many other things that we have heard people peddle around. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very important piece of legislation and I would want to record my support for it, and ask my colleagues that we make sure that even as we debate and look for amendments to it, perhaps, in the course of tomorrow, we should not be guided by fear but by the interests of this nation and the security of Kenyans. It is important that we also ensure that we do not lose the war on corruption. We have fought corruption from this Floor because we have been able to access documents from Government offices one way or another. We must also make sure that even as we seek to ensure that we do not curtail our ability to fight corruption through the same route, we do not open our country to espionage, where people will walk in and do all manner of things and walk away because we feared so much that we opened windows for them. So, even as we deal with the clauses dealing with access to information, we must be responsible enough to ensure that espionage is not part of what we legislate for in the coming days. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, equally, it is important that we know that we face imminent threats. It is common knowledge to all of us that we face threats from the Al-qaida and Al-Shaabab. Again, as we legislate and seek amendments to the various clauses that may seem to offend the freedom of Kenyans, we must be awake to that fact;"
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