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"content": "First of all, they are Kenyans; and they are Kenyans who have agreed to take up the role of safeguarding the security of the rest of the Kenyans. So, if they cannot perform that responsibility, the most honorable thing is to hand it over and say: “I cannot do it.” But if you always stand there, defending yourselves and Kenyans are dying in large numbers, I am sure you are not doing any service to yourself and to your country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other one is on us, leaders. Wherever these things occur, there are leaders. From what I know, if we are not involved; if we are talking to our people correctly, then these things will not be happening because those who elected us listen to us. If we are not telling them that it is not right for you to kill your neighbour, then they will do it and they will continue doing it. So, we have the greatest responsibility as leaders. As my fellow colleagues have said, it is high time we started talking to ourselves. Let us address issues. If you know where the problem is, then you do not have to shout about it; you just have to sit down and tell each other and then whoever is responsible has to take action. Otherwise, we will be blaming each other while Kenyans are losing their lives for very flimsy reasons. In some areas, we are told that they are fighting over county boundaries. These are large counties where the population is even one person per square kilometer; and you are told that people are killing each other over boundaries. That shows how flimsy we are because we are killing each other based on very flimsy grounds. So, that has to stop. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that even our security forces are contributing to this problem. Like in the case of Baringo, we were told that there is an Administration Police (AP) camp next to where people were fighting for seven hours and nobody came out to stop that fighting. So, even our security forces are failing us and they also need to take responsibility for their actions. They need to realize that, first of all, they are Kenyans before they are security officers. Secondly, they accepted to do that job; therefore, somebody has to take responsibility. Otherwise, what we will witness is that while we are addressing what is going on, others who had their own flimsy reasons of having issues with their neighbours will get emboldened and we will see more bloodshed. This will happen unless drastic action is taken and unless leaders take responsibility to talk to their people. I still believe that leaders have a lot in this. Unless they talk to their people, then we should expect to see more bloodshed. We will see areas which initially had been quiet, erupting because you would not miss, within all the communities, somebody who has had issues with his neighbour or with the neighbouring community, but who was not bringing it out because he thought that the Government system was effective. He thought that if he tried to bring it out, maybe action will be taken against him. But if you see that nothing is being done to the others, then we are heading for more problems. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Motion and urge the Government to take responsibility and ensure that peace is restored."
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