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    "content": "audit by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and other audits, the country must embrace ethnic balance at all levels, and in particular, in the area of security. I also believe that ethnicity must be fought within all our institutions. Controversially, I must say, even most of our political parties are ethnic outfits that are simply the preserve of a few people that embrace a certain ethnic ideology. It is about ”our man getting to the top of the leadership.” This is not about Kenyans having the full benefit of the Constitution. Therefore, those who talk about ethnicity must realise it is an extremely high ideal, to fight ethnicity in all its manifestations, and to avoid the temptation of ethnic aggrandisement. I look forward to His Excellency the President, Uhuru Kenyatta and hon. William Ruto, addressing this balance as the first legitimate step to ensuring that this country embraces national cohesion and is forever destined for greatness. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I saw the President making a lot of reference to my forte of work that is around individual rights and freedoms. In fact, his Address is reminiscent of speeches that are usually issued by American Presidents where they constantly talk about liberties, individual freedoms and rights. I hope that he will ensure that everybody embraces those basic tenets and that there will be accountability for those who go outside the Constitution. Therefore, members of the police force and the country’s national security apparatus must bear accountability for the excesses around the protection and fundamental rights of every individual. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also embrace the issue of police reforms. I do not believe police reforms is simply about dealing with the citizen to police officer ratio. Police reforms must embrace the entire software and hardware. Police officers must be inducted to ensure that they embrace the basic values, tenets and principles of fundamental human rights. In addition to that, their training curriculum must adopt to the new cutting edge paradigms of policing. They must shift the paradigm of policing from the secretinization of our State to the democratization of our security. It is imperative that our security apparatus are democratized so that Kenyans can participate in what we call proactive security. It is fatal for police officers to simply be reactive in terms of policing where Kenyans do not embrace the whole philosophy that they too can police the State and they can be partners in proactive security. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of tourism, the Coast accounts for a large part of the tourism sector in this country. What is most critical for us is not only to market Kenya as an attractive tourist destination and increase the tourist numbers to three million visitors a year, but, as the Senator for Mombasa County, I would be very interested to know how much of the revenue that we raise from tourism remains at the county level. The main assets and wealth of Mombasa County have often not been to the benefit of the wide diversity of the people of Mombasa. We are left with no other alternative but to ensure that this Senate adopts proactive measures that will ensure that part of the wealth that is generated within our respective counties, first and foremost, benefits those counties. I believe that we account for over three thousand of the best places that host tourists every month. It is, therefore, imperative that this revenue is shared equitably with the County of Mombasa. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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