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    "content": "them. We need to expose them to countries that have faced similar challenges like us. For example, we can train them in Israel which has had many challenges like us. Its citizens are themselves security officers; they remain vigilante all the time. This is also applicable to many other nations. This is the culture that needs to be inculcated in Kenyans, so that we take responsibility for our own security. This responsibility cannot only be confined to ordinary citizens. It is not possible because it will be self-defeating. That responsibility must be borne by us politicians and by those who work in offices. A doctor in an office must feel equally responsible that whatever he does also enhances security. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we know as people of this country that this challenge of security has continued to increase since the early days of our Independence. We have had many challenges since 1992 when we were agitating for a new Constitution. Crimes, criminal activities, violence and insecurity have become the order of the day in this country. Just the other day, we saw what happened in Lamu. We cannot continue with this kind of culture in this country. This is a culture that is self-defeating. This is a way of doing things that only ensures that we diminish and finish ourselves as a nation and as a country. We, as a nation, need to adapt one strategy to make sure that we take responsibility for our own actions. If a politician like me engages in activities or utterances which may endanger the security of my colleagues, I must be made to bear responsibility. That is the only way this country can move forward. We cannot have such a culture when we have a new Constitution that says that I am guaranteed life and, on the other hand, we have a set of sacred cows who cannot be touched when and if they do compromise the security of fellow citizens. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is in this spirit that I am saying a time has come for people to carry their crosses if security will be realized. Security cannot exclusively be left to be the responsibility of police. We cannot say that every time when we want to talk about enhanced security it is because we have a thousand more police officers on the streets. There is no way we can say that for security to be enhanced in Kenya, all our eyes must be looking at what the Inspector-General of Police is doing or what the Cabinet Secretary is doing. That is not the way we would enhance our security. The only way to win and succeed in this war is to make sure that it is a personal responsibility. In all cultures even in primary schools, there is always a trend of doing things and there is reward and punishment. You remember when we were in primary school and made a mistake, we were caned on the spot. If you were not caned, then you would repeat the same mistake. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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