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"content": "the AK 47 and sprayed bullets, upon which two worshipers were killed instantly and two other succumbed to injuries in the theatre, in Mombasa General Hospital. One more has since passed on. Baby Satrin Osinya has a bullet lodged in his head and has since been flown to Nairobi. The Mombasa County Government moved him to private facilities in Mombasa Hospital, but we were unable to have the expertise to deal with that situation. That said and done, he has since been transferred to Kenyatta National Hospital, where I believe that he will not only receive medical treatment but survive. The mother died in the whole melee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it saddens me and I feel that it is up to this Senate to assert itself because it is a very heavy load on the entire leadership of Mombasa to constantly be addressing nothing else. This city that we all so love and have marketed so vigorously in the spheres of tourism and other spheres is always in the headlines for the wrong reasons. This puts severe pressure on some of us to deal with the diversity. Therefore, I also want to tell the national Government that their constant inability to intervene in instances of insecurity in Mombasa not only imposes responsibility and heavy load on the leadership of Mombasa, but also, as a government, they bear the constitutional responsibility to avert this situation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my own assessment, things are going from bad to worse. It was normal skirmishes with the youth, but it is now murder and audacious attacks during the day. On 13th March, the youth attacked a cleric in broad daylight audaciously, yet to this date, no culprit has been brought to book. For all these instances of insecurity, there has never been an investigation or logical conclusion. It imposes a heavy load and responsibility unto us. It has put us, as county leaders, in a predicament. We do not have the means, yet we have the political responsibility. We know that the capacity and responsibility lies with the national Government. Therefore, it is the authority of this Senate that must assert itself. We come here to you as brothers, sisters, elders, mothers, fathers and grandfathers, so that you can assist this county. It is a county that we all love and belong to. Therefore, we must all take progressive steps, so that all of us can continue to live together. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, during the elections every race, colour, tribe and religion voted for me, because we demonstrated the diversity in our ideas, accommodation and sense of acknowledgement that Mombasa is a diverse society. I think that those who opportunistically tried to rain fear and terror in Mombasa must be dealt with. We are here to affirm unequivocal support that this Senate shall recommend the initiatives that I urge it to take, so that we can have a peaceful Mombasa and Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move and call upon Sen. Wetangula to second."
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