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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that our country is in a very big crisis, in that everyday we hear of people dying. One wonders what the Government is doing about this, because it has the responsibility to protect the citizens. As leaders on this side, we are saying that things out there are bad and our friends on the other side are saying that we are politicizing the matter. We do not write stories in the media, but you will find reports everyday about insecurity. This should concern us, as leaders, because at the end of the five years – in 2017 – we will be judged by the wananchi on how we have performed. What will you tell people in 2017 when you are asking for votes? Will you go to a home where someone has died and ask for votes? Even as the Jubilee Government, you will be asked: “What did you do when our people were dying?” I remember my uncle lost elections during the Moi era because many people died in Kimilili and he said nothing. Why? Because he was a friend of the “big man”. When elections came, people voted him out. They said: “Enough is enough.” Then there was insecurity in Bungoma County. People died and I said: “Where is our God?”I thought the issue of insecurity was only about Bungoma County, but we have seen this is spreading all over in the counties. Today, it may be my county, the next day, it is yours. You are seen on television trying to protect the Government and in your backyard, people are dying. What will you tell your people? As leaders, we need to be responsible. We need to condemn these killings because they are not about one person. These incidents are affecting our mothers and brothers. The tourism sector is going down; people are losing jobs because hotels at the coast are closing down. What will we, as leaders, tell our people? I am embarrassed. I do not know what to say because this issue has affected people in Trans Nzoia County. I remember people were being murdered and we did not know what to do. The other day, I was so shocked. I was confronted by people from Chepchoina Settlement Scheme who were allocated land in 1998 by former President Moi. These people are being moved; you remove a Marakwet, you replace with another Marakwet. You are making communities to fight. We were told by another Senator from the Jubilee Coalition how 11 people were burnt to death in their houses. People have been maimed as a result of the Chepchoina Settlement Scheme Phase II issue because of trying to shortchange people. Somebody has been given land, he is a squatter and another squatter is brought. I do not know who is a better squatter. You find District Officers as squatters. We should correct these imbalances or historical injustices that are the cause of some of these problems. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, does the National Intelligence Service (NIS) lack capacity? If somebody is not performing, even if he or she is my friend, and people are dying, I will tell that person to step aside. Let us put the lives of our citizens first. We should not try and blame the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) because this party has been very vocal on this issue. These killings have been going on and we are saying: “No, it is wrong.” We need to protect our people. We should not politicize these 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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