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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) W.K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Winnie Karimi Njuguna",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to join my fellow colleagues and condemn the vice that is happening throughout the country. First, I want to send my condolences to the Member for Nyakach who lost his father and mother. Since he is saying that he is still being threatened, he should be given more security, so that his life is not in danger. It should be taken seriously. I come from Kirinyaga which has been named as a hot-spot for kidnappings and killings. This is very serious. Up to now, nothing is being done. Just last week, a woman’s head was chopped off and carried away. To date, she has not been buried. When I left the place on Monday, the head had not been found. It is a serious matter and nothing is being done. It is like we are singing a song about insecurity. So, even as we are here, we need to decide on what to do even if it is demonstrating - like another Member has said - so that the Government can do something about it. Criminals are, sometimes, arrested, taken to court and within two days, they are released. Again they go back and commit crime. There was an old mother in Kirinyaga who was dragged to the farm by some men and they raped her. We are talking about an old woman of over 70 years. The men broke her hand too. We have people who are really merciless. This is not a joke now that we are talking about deaths. There are a lot of incidences of kidnapping and people asking for money. These people are Kenyans! I do not know why the security personnel in our counties are doing nothing. The Minister in charge is not doing anything for Kirinyaga because the situation has not changed. Children are being kidnapped. Recently a man was kidnapped and taken to a house. When he was later released one of the gang members said, “This is not the man we wanted”. The man said that where he was taken there were children and other people who had been kidnapped. To date, we have not got any reports of arrest and people being taken to court. This is a sad matter and it should be taken seriously. This should not be like any Motion that comes to the House and nothing happens. We want to see something happening in Kirinyaga. We want peace. We do not want to be named as the hot spot of killings and kidnappings. We have very many other things that we are good at. We are the best in education and farming. We do not want to be number one in issues of crime. Something must be done about security in this country. 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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