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    "id": 426633,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, like my immediate colleague who has spoken on this Report, I half-heartedly support it. Let me begin by sending my condolences to the victims of the Likoni church attack. We feel with them. A few months ago, I lost three of my constituents in a criminal attack at a petrol station in Naivasha. They were just butchered because they were there when the thugs attacked. So, I know how it feels. We can see that the Committee visited very many places. They received information and evidence from very many people but when it came to making recommendations, I do not know what happened. I think they were very tired by the time they were making the recommendations. They have not given us what ought to have followed these particular activities. All along, Kenyans have been asking questions about what happened at the West Gate Shopping Mall. We expected this Committee to give us the answers in terms of what happened before, during and after the attack. The cloud that surrounds the whole issue is still there even after the Committee went through this. We have what we call a “state” because people want to be provided with security, so that we do not live under the law of the jungle. If the state cannot offer security to its people, then it ceases to be relevant. Therefore, it is important that the relevant Government departments take this issue very seriously. I have seen in the budgets that we have been allocating a lot of money to the security agencies. Recently, we were told that a vehicle laden with about 170 kilogrammes of explosives was packed at a police station where it stayed until a foreigner who was passing by discovered that the vehicle contained explosives. Where does the money that we allocate to our security agencies go to? Of course, if you ask the security agencies to explain how they spend their budgets, they will say that it is confidential. I hope that the money is not just being misused at the expense of not getting the gadgets necessary for dealing with such security issues. I am happy that the Report has mentioned the concern of radicalisation of our youths. You know, you look at something and you think that you are watching a movie. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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