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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when officers die under these circumstances, some are paid very little money, which I think is peanuts, through the provision of Cap.189. This is the Act that the Mover of this Motion needs to look at, perhaps bring the amendment to improve on whatever has been recommended in Cap.189. That will give this Motion some teeth and the credit it deserves because we are going to have it amended. In Tana River County, seven officers were killed in September, 2012. So, if we go by what is happening the whole nation will be tired. Sometimes I find myself completely powerless. Either the National Assembly or the Senate must start now thinking which way to go to defeat the current corrupt system in terms of changing our philosophy in security matters. We have to get a doctrine which is modern and which can work with the current modern technology. We must know that cattle rustling has become a business. We need to destroy that industry. How can we do this? In fact, is there any group in any world that can defeat the established Government unless some people are involved in the same game? When I was the Minister of State, we used to know the criminals and the thieves. We only waited for them to steal so that we could catch up with them. They used to be known. Even today, they are known. So, let us think again and again. Are we fighting a war that we can win? Are we going to win the war on insecurity in this country? Probably not, unless we become new people. We have to be new in terms of our thinking and new in expectations, so that we know what we want to do. So, for people to meet in a place and sit in a corner to discuss security matters is a waste of public funds. If the President or the people in charge of security decide to change today---"
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