HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
"id": 442979,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/442979/?format=api",
"text_counter": 249,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": {
"id": 94,
"legal_name": "David Musila",
"slug": "david-musila"
},
"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand to thank my colleague, Sen. Wetangula, for moving this Motion. I have been sitting behind there, wondering what to say, because it is only last week that we moved a Motion of Adjournment after a very serious incident in Mpeketoni. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) went to take charge; then there was an attack where 15 more people died; after that, it was Baringo and now it is Wajir and Mandera. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think that, as a nation, we are now at crossroads. I think we better now sober up and talk to one another in order to find the solution. I say this because when you see some of the issues that arise – cattle rustling, boundaries, watering points or domestic violence – all these issues are very sad because we are giving our external enemies an opportunity to show our weakness and even hit us more. Madam Temporary Speaker, impunity has been said here as one of the issues. Why, 51 years after Independence, are people still practicing cattle rustling? Why? It is because of impunity, because if you steal cattle and come with it, nothing will happen. That gives incentives to others to do it tomorrow. Attempts have been made by the Government to arrest the situation, but it has never worked because when people are arrested, someone comes up to say “do not touch him; this is our community” and then it goes off. We are now reaping from our inaction in handling security matters. So, may we, please, as a nation, handle this and stop this blame game? Whenever it happens, it is politicians who are targeted; it is said: “Governors, go and write statements;” or “politicians, go and write statements” because of hate speech. This scape-goating will not take us anywhere. We have to be serious. Years ago, Madam Temporary Speaker, in Samburu County, policemen were killed. Those arms which were taken from the policemen are still there. Is the Government not capable of taking those guns back? How come our neighbouring state of Uganda does not have these things anymore? They do not have because they have taken decisive action to arrest their situation. How come the community that lives in Uganda and which is related to the community which lives on this side has stopped or, at least, ceased cattle rustling? The Government must resolve to be firm, arrest the situation and stop these archaic practices which have been going on for ages. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that after Mandera and Wajir incidents, we are not going to hear of others. The international community is watching. Today, we have over 2,000 visitors here, holed up in Gigiri, scared stiff. How do you expect visitors to 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."
}