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"content": "But in one of the songs, the young school children came in front of us, as leaders. They knelt down. I have their song recorded here on my iPad . In the song, they sang, as they knelt down, they were asking Senators, Governors and Members of Parliament (MPs) “Tell us, why we are dying?” In the wee hours of the same night as we spent our last night in Turkana, we got reports of the attacks in Mpeketoni. Immediately after that then came reports of Baringo. I am sure that most of us, as leaders, heard. Even as they were discussing Baringo, you could still hear some names of us, leaders, being mentioned. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I want to say, as a fellow elected leader in this country, is this: If somebody was listening keenly to the discussions and presentations that we have all had this afternoon, then somebody who does not have the privilege and authority that we have would get twice as desperate, because in all our discussions, we have hardly offered any solutions. We have not offered a way forward. In my humble view, we, as leaders, must take the responsibility that we have been given and ensure that we do what we should do to stop the death of Kenyans because we have a major role to play in this issue. I want to say this clearly and say why; I will not try to be scientific about the human social aspect, but every human being and every community relies on leaders. Not unless we are forgetting the amount of trust and the responsibility of leadership that the people who elected us have bestowed upon us. When I, as the Senator for Kiambu County, says a word or shows a general direction, either by inference or by statement, it is most likely that most of my people will follow what I have said. If I show direction, then that direction will be deemed to be the way the community goes. That is how social life works. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we, as leaders, were to look at the problem of insecurity in this country, the one common denominator in all the cases of insecurity is that people are fighting because of scarcity of resources or water. Even if they are fighting for boundaries or involving themselves in cattle rustling or fighting for land and other reasons, the common denominator is leadership. We, as leaders, must take our role and show direction. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to support."
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