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    "content": "National security is synonymous with national interests and it is the key to the survival of a nation. It is important that we note that. We definitely know that is what it is. Protection against internal and external threats is the job of our national government. The security of any nation should be held as number one in all our considerations. In fact, this should also be considered by providing money that can assist to sustain the security of our nation. It is for the good of this House if I explain the current state of insecurity. Concern has been raised, recently, about the occurrences in Kenya which have exposed weaknesses in our security systems. First of all, we will start with the road carnage. Road carnage has continued unabated. In a year, we lose about 3,000 lives. That matter is not taken very seriously by the leadership of this nation. This includes the National Assembly, the Senate and the County Assemblies because we were elected to ensure that we minimize dangers that face our people. That is just about road carnage. Let me now turn to corruption, tribal conflict, cattle rustling, petty crimes, organized crimes, terrorist attacks, food insecurity, climate change, natural calamities and fire disasters. All these are matters of grave concern. When you read the newspapers, you will see that in one year, we lose about 3,000 people through road carnage alone. What a about cattle rustling? Those figures have not been documented and I do not understand the reason why that kind of information is hidden from Kenyans. Kenyans need to know how many people are dying in these kinds of atrocities like cattle rustling. It is important so that the country can feel comfortable to look for money to support those involved in this kind of hooliganism so that we control and ensure that the crime does not spread. Going further down, from 2012, about 20 terrorist attacks have taken place in our country. In Nairobi, Mombasa and North Eastern Province, scores of people have lost their lives. Nobody has taken it upon themselves to let the country know where terrorist attacks have taken us and that people should be vigilant so that they also control these kinds of atrocities. Looking at the whole thing, there is also something referred to as “mob violence.” Why do we hear that someone has been killed through mob justice? This is because there is no trust in our armed forces. That is why the public decides to take up the matter. If they take these people to the police station, they are either released or if they are lucky to go beyond the police station, they are taken to court and they get released. That is why people take the law into their own hands. That is running the law of the jungle. However, we need to give people confidence. Our courts and our offices and leadership should be clean so that we do everything possible to show our people the correct direction. There are also other things like pick-pocketing. Let us not be so comfortable that we fought for the second liberation. Time is coming when we will have to fight for the third liberation. This will affect us and we will be catalysts of the third liberation war. This is because when you have about 46 per cent of people living below the poverty line, what are you telling the world? You are saying that this country has 46 per cent of desperate, frustrated people who are ready to take up arms under an established system. That is my fear. This is something that we need to look into. It is a simple matter when you read it in the newspapers or from reports which are given out by those who take time to do some study and produce figures like the ones we 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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