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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mule",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Mutinda Mule",
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    "content": ". He went on the national television and declared that police officers and the General Service Unit (GSU) personnel had been deployed to that area. Four days ago, when we were at Wajir County; in the thick of what I can call a tribal or civil war, there was no single GSU officer on the ground. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the size of Wajir South sub- county, which borders Garissa and has the biggest stretch against the Republic of Somalia, it is the same size as the Republic of Rwanda. This Sub-county is being manned by less than 55 police officers. If you look at Wajir East, it is the size of Burundi and it has only 52 police officers to man it. Then as a country we sit here and mop up Eastleigh yet we have left our country to be invaded by people because of lack of planning of security in those areas. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are only talking of Wajir County. We have not even moved to Marsabit County which is bigger or even Mandera. It is my humble request that as hon. Members of Parliament we should form an inter-party caucus as soon as possible to offer serious security solutions to this country. We should stop the issue of radicalization and the issue of mopping communities in the name of Al Shabaab . We have failed as a country on this issue. We need to look at how to defend this nation. It is unfortunate when this mayhem started police officers on the ground had no logistical support. They watched innocent Kenyans being killed without offering any help. It is unfortunate that as we speak here today, Wajir County is being manned by about eight Officers Commanding Stations (OCSs) and it is completely impossible for those people to work with that number of officers. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to give a good example of Wajir East. The OCS has only 57 police officers and he has three major road blocks he needs to take care of because of the entrance from Mandera. He also needs to have officers manning the border. Each road block needs to be manned by, at least, seven officers. Seven times three equals to 21, less the 52 officers he has, he is left with only 33 officers. I urge the Jubilee Government which is led by the Jubilee Coalition – I can see hon. Sakaja here – do not get worried, we will put you in a vehicle and take you there. For us as hon. Members we decided not to fly to North Eastern and instead we used our vehicles. I do not want to be involved because you have failed as Government. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we used our vehicles from Nairobi to North Eastern. You have not less than 12 hours to get there. It is important as Parliament and as leaders to think squarely. This issue we are discussing today is about Wajir County, but I can tell you that it is affecting the entire country because the security organs in this country have failed. That is why you will find people being ambushed. Hon. Members of Parliament are being attacked and it is high time we provided solutions. As members of the young caucus in this country, we need to provide solutions to this country regarding security. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the measures we need to take is to deal with the border of Somali. Secondly, we must deal with information to security organs within this country. It is important and I believe leaders should stop chest-thumping!"
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