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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mugo",
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also add my voice to this very important Adjournment Motion. I also want to send my heartfelt condolences to the families and the people of Mpeketoni in Lamu. There are many mothers and children there who are crying for their fathers and who maybe do not even know where their next meal will come from. The people who have done this act should be condemned by all people of goodwill. Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to add my voice to those who are saying that they doubt whether it is really Al Shabaab who committed this act. We know that the Al Shabaab have been in this country. We are not saying that they have not committed such acts before, but this particular one is very different from what they have done before. In Westgate, they killed women, children and other people. A fiancée of my nephew was also killed there. But in the case of the ones who attacked Mpeketoni, they said they do not kill women and children. So, how can we join the same people and say they come in two cloaks? We were also told that they were blowing whistles and making noise; we did not hear that to be the nature of any other attack where Al Shabaab was involved. So, we have reason to believe that, maybe, it is a made-up act and scape-goating so that it may take the limelight from where the real problem is. That is why we would like proper investigations into this act to be done. So, whoever it is and no matter who it is, they should be brought to book. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to add my voice on the issue of the security of this country. It is true that we have witnessed lapses in security, but my feeling in this is that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) is the institution that has lapsed. Sometimes you can only act on the information you have. I wonder what information the Cabinet Secretary was given. I think we should focus on the intelligence or the chief and his office to tell us how such a mammoth act can be planned and they had no idea. That is a genuine question. They should also take responsibility. Should they be found to be the ones who lapsed, they should also be replaced or sacked from their jobs. However, I do not agree that the whole security apparatus should be changed. I do not think we are being very genuine when we say so. We might have other motives. 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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