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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also stand to support and to thank the Mover of the Motion. We know that at the moment, in our country, we are facing many challenges in terms of security. Today, even within the county governments, the governors are also wondering how they can assist since this is a national function. However, they would wish to assist because the people who are dying are within counties. When we talk about security, it is important to remember that this is not about us, but about the whole country. Both leaders of the national and those of the county governments should make a formal commitment in terms of cooperation and issues of security. If you look at the challenges that Mombasa and Nairobi counties are facing today, indeed, you will see that they need metropolitan police to assist. The police should assist in terms of ensuring intelligence information and creating domestic structures. They should ensure that they work together with the national Government in dealing with crime. The crime rate is escalating and becoming high-tech. We want to see a metropolitan security agency that can facilitate communication, coordinate and even integrate what they have in terms of supporting the other security agencies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a few minutes ago, our friend and colleague, the Senator for Homa Bay County, talked about how he was robbed of his phone. As you walk on the streets of Nairobi, you will not just worry about the person who will mug you, but also about the street families that have come back. You will also wonder how you can support that initiative so that we have a safer environment. The first question you may need to ask yourself is where the street families come from and what challenges they face. In the end, they are the ones who end up coordinating with muggers. Your phone is taken and given to a woman who is walking in the streets with a baby. You will think that this are poor women carrying babies in the streets and even assist them. However, these people work together. We want to see Nairobi coming up with more of these Motions. We also want to see the Nairobi County Government trying to deal with the challenges we are facing in terms of street families. How do we support these families and how do we ensure that we remove them from the streets? During the times of Uncle Moody as the Vice President and Minister for Home Affairs, he tried his best to remove these families from the streets. He was strict and firm. He told them to go back to their homes. He warned that if he found any child on the streets, that child would have to take him to their home, where the family lived or to the chief. He wanted to know what challenges the young children were facing and why some of them were being taken through child labour. Any time we have the national celebrations, you will see the askaris of county governments, especially those of Nairobi County dressed very smartly. They are good and well trained to do this job. The only challenge we all have is the corruption we talk about from our homes to the institutions. This is a challenge to all Kenyans. This is a challenge even to them in terms of performance. Today, you will find that we have parking lots in Nairobi. Within the same parking lots, we have young boys whom I would wish to continue doing their jobs, but in 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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