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    "content": "are referring to. We must know that we are treading on vary dangerous grounds. I am sorry if that is how we are ranked. The issue of internally displaced persons (IDPs) should also be taken into account when we are dealing with this matter. We tried to ask for the profile of IDPs but there was a problem because we tend to talk about what happened since 1895. The challenge here is that there is corruption with impunity. Corruption with impunity is what has brought us all these problems. If you look at cattle rustling, you will see that this is just like an industry. The matatu business is another industry that cannot be managed unless we move to do new things and think outside the box. The challenge now and the way forward is that we have to formulate the National Security doctrine that will guide the national security strategy and policies that should be undertaken. We have to create security coordinating bodies and institutions. There needs to be an institution that can fill the grey areas and to operate outside the bureaucratic structure. That is the only way we will give this country a new lease of life. We need to change with the world. The world has advanced technologically and we should not be left behind. We should be able to detect crimes when they are committed and even before they are committed. The best security, in my experience, is to be able to know that a crime is going to be committed and not to act afterwards. However, in this country, after somebody has been killed is when we start running around and after a while that chapter is closed. I am suggesting that we should be able to form a committee which is going to be independent and to try and bring in international recommendations to deal with crimes of this nature. There is need for urgent attention to national security as a prerequisite. The time to act is now. During the cold war, certain situations were supported by the external forces for the purpose of fighting communism but now, this is a problem we have to deal with ourselves. There is nobody from outside who will assist us because the insecurity we are experiencing is sometimes perpetuated by those who were our friends during the cold war. This is the time to improve our intelligence network and the police because we cannot continue to operate the way we did immediately after independence when we used to follow politicians to find out what they were talking about. We should understand where this country is going. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, this country is heading into big trouble. I am not trying to overstate what I feel. Our armed forces should be reorganized and given all the facilities. The kind of vetting that is going on now is not a panacea to our problems because we are interviewing the same people. We need to re-inject a new understanding which can only come when we open up ourselves to the international community to exchange ideas and see how they have solved this problem. I beg to move."
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