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    "content": "is no need for that, given that one part of this society is busy building castles in the air in an ocean of poverty. Whether we like it or not, in that kind of scenario, insecurity will still thrive. We must find ways of bridging that gap between the absolutely poor and the absolutely rich. We will still have the poor and the rich but the gap will not be so wide. Sometimes when I am driving home, I see a sea of humanity trekking towards the same direction and I thank God for his mercies. I am always worried about what would happen if they, for once, decided not to allow us to drive in the comfort of our cars while they are being rained on. That is what we witnessed yesterday when some Kenyans decided they did not have the money to pay an extra cent in parking fees. This city came to a standstill despite the fact that Nairobi generates 60 per cent of the GDP of this country. What would be the situation if this happened in every county? We better open our eyes to the harsh realities of life. Secondly, we must address the issue of remuneration of security officers. It beats logic for a police officer who is earning a paltry Kshs20,000 and who is living in a shared room with seven other officers – an accommodation that would not even suit our pet kennels – to go after a robber who is holding Kshs20 million and not fall into the temptation of sharing the loot. This beats logic. We must reconsider how security officers are paid. Pay somebody well so that they also do their jobs well. As long as they are paid such an amount and they are expected to follow robbers carrying millions, this does not beat logic. Thirdly, have we ever conducted research to know what ex-servicemen are engaged in? I am talking about those who have been in the police force, army and those who have worked with the National Intelligence Service (NIS). They know the security apparatus of this country. They know how to handle guns. We retire them at a very early age when their families need school fees and they need this and that. We do not really care and we do not engage them positively in any reasonable economic activity. What do we expect? Behind every serious crime, there is always an experienced ex-serviceman who controls that group and tells them what to do. He knows what to do, where and when. We should collect data to know where all these ex-servicemen are; what they are engaged in and what they are doing so that we engage them well. Fourth, we must deal with apathy. In the courts, as Sen. Wetangula said, once you attend court sessions and there is a witness who is not protected, even if he witnessed a crime and gives a testimony, three days after the criminal is set free, the witness is killed. Do we expect that another miserable Kenyan who is struggling to feed his family will offer to give testimony against any gangster? No, we need to relook at what happens because people are getting into the pathetic situation of seeing security agents and the public witnessing real offenders going scot-free and those who are petty offenders being punished heavily. Lastly, we will have to inject security curriculum into our education systems so that our students at very young ages get to know about the aspects of security or insecurity, whichever may be. We need to bring up a generation of people who are security alert. Thank you I support."
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