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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Elmi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have had conflicts all over. Two of my villages were burnt down almost four months ago and until two days ago, no soldier had been there. This is because those are clan conflicts. Those are not security problems. A KPR officer was killed there. I can bet that his name will not be entered in the Occurrence Book (OB). There is no investigation. So, that mindset in this country must change. The approach to security is still very colonial and reactive. We must come up and this House must help to overhaul our security system. Our attitude towards security must change. There is nothing that is cultural about people having arms. In my view, the idea contained in this Motion of having the KPR should be something temporary. It can run for two, three or four years and then after that we eradicate it once and for all. It is possible to eradicate conflicts in northern Kenya, particularly in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) within a short period, if we start treating crimes as crimes. We can also do this if we apprehend anyone who kills. There is no deterrent at the moment. We saw that there are people we can call human beings but who are not human beings, like the ones who were at Westgate. In my view, those are deranged people. They are beasts and we have them in the society. That is why society comes up together as a nation and comes up with a security system to protect itself from beasts like the ones we saw in Westgate – those crazy people. They are found in some pockets of this country. How comes we are not then putting in the necessary security system? In the short term, the KPR will help but KPR must also be funded. They must be given money and food to be able to work. We saw in Westgate volunteers fighting but The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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