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    "content": "terrorist attacks in Addis Ababa or Kigali. In those countries, every citizen has taken the issue of security as a civic duty. They do it, not because they are happy with the Government or their leaders, but because that is the right thing to do to defend their countries from attacks. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, other than ordinary citizens taking responsibility, we will not tire repeating that those who have been charged with the responsibility to manage our security must up their game. That is a fair thing to keep on saying. Why? Because they have a duty to do and that duty has terms of reference. If you are not meeting the terms of reference then we must ask questions and demand answers from those who are responsible. As lawmakers, our entry point is in the legal framework. That is why I want to take this opportunity, first and foremost, to thank His Excellency the President because just within this week, he was able to re-organize part of the security apparatus that has been working at cross-purposes, especially in terms of availability of equipment and personnel by placing the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) under the command of the Inspector General. I think we have started the journey towards a safer Kenya where the security agencies are working in unison and not at cross-purposes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope that as lawmakers at the right time, we will supplement this effort by providing a legal framework that compels all who serve in the disciplined forces in matters of internal security to work together in harmony and without competition or confrontation. I have argued before and I want to repeat this afternoon again, time has come for us to ask whether we need to review the circumstances, conditions and parameters under which some of the security managers serve in their positions. It would not be a difficult thing to start asking for performance contracts so that if we give you a job as a commissioner of police then we expect certain key deliverables. If they do not happen, then we do not have to use the security of tenure as a basis of avoiding responsibility. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, something else that has come up, especially with regard to the latest attacks in Wajir, I am told that the Inspector General of police has issued a blanket order that every elected person in the County of Wajir and the County of Mandera must go and record a statement. This scape-goating, that every time there is a crime, it is a politician who is involved, must be confronted. It has been done before. I remember last year there was such an order again where all Members of the National Assembly and Senators from that region were required to go and record a statement. That is violation of people’s rights. If I have committed a crime and the investigations by police show or there are reasons to believe that I participated in the commission of a crime, I should be summoned as an individual leader based on reasonable grounds. It should not be a case where politicians are held responsible because people have died. With those few remarks, I support."
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