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    "id": 406652,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion. I thank the Mover of this Motion because this is something of concern to all Kenyans. As leaders, it is our responsibility to ensure that our country is safe. We should ensure that all citizens are safe to live anywhere in the country and that their properties and lives are safe. However, it is of great concern that things are moving from bad to worse. As the Mover of the Motion has said, there is a lot of insecurity in Marsabit. As we all know, these are people who have coexisted and lived in peace before. However, you wonder what is going on. This is not just happening in Marsabit but in other parts of the country. Start with Nairobi, in broad light; you will see many things happening. Taxi drivers are afraid to operate. Once they drop off passengers, they also go through incidences. You will hear that gangs approached their clients and you wonder why this is happening. Sadly, these are young people who are below 45 years. The gangs are spread in the rural areas and villages. Where life was peaceful, it has now become very dangerous. The situation is very insecure and I wonder what is happening. We have to take charge and give ideas. We have the capability and professionalism. We have the capacity to handle the situation. I remember sometime back when there was a lot of insecurity around Nairobi. The late Mr. Patrick Shaw dealt with them. The courts kept on saying that the police had not carried out proper investigations and the criminals would be discharged. The former Police Commissioner, Retired Maj-Gen. Ali, also dealt with security issues and they were curbed. We know the current leadership of the security personnel can also handle the situation. I wonder what we can do to help them. We have taken this seriously. The Senate came out the other day and gave ideas. We discussed and now it is time to implement. What is going on? This insecurity is still continuing. When we leave our houses in the morning, our children can no longer play as they used to. We cannot allow them to have fun in public places because we are scared. We cannot live like that. We are independent and a very civilized society. What do we want? Elections are over. Ordinarily, we knew that when it was time for elections, politicians would play around with people and throw others out. Elections are over. We are moving on. It is time to lead our country and not to destroy it. So, why is there a lot of insecurity? What do these people want? Are we being invaded? Are there foreigners or people who are trying to take over our country? We have to ask ourselves such questions and deal with it. As Sen. G.G. Kariuki has said, let us deal with ways of overhauling the systems. Let us get the best practices. I hope that the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations has had an opportunity to go out and benchmark and get the best practices so that we bring these ideas on board to improve our country and curb insecurity before it becomes worse. Do we need foreign aid? Do we need the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and other agencies like the masters who colonized us? I do not think so. We can manage. We need to be very firm and to deal with these people. The ideas being fronted of knowing our neighbours should be embraced. Sometimes the people we are living with are not our neighbours. We have had sons, brothers, sisters and uncles being trained into terrorism. Can we speak up? Why can we not speak up? Is it because of the love of money? What makes us allow the bad habits in our society? With those few remarks, I support. 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"
}