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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, addressing the issue of insecurity is the sole responsibility of the national Government. That is why the framers of our Constitution decided not to devolve security. We cannot lament. I want His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta to hear this: He has been let down. I expected hon. Duale to be here. On Friday, the entire leadership of Wajir County was on the ground. Had the security officers acted on our advice, some of the things that were shown on television would not have happened. I received a text message from a very senior security officer on that day, who advised us that within the next six hours, there would be General Service Unit (GSU) officers. But I can report that six days down the line, there is no single GSU officer who has reached Wajir. What is the role of such senior officers whom we pay? What we are seeing right now are the effects of some of our own failed policies. Those who were in the last Parliament appreciate that in 2012, when the Government of Kenya decided to deliberately recruit young Somalis to go and support the then Government in Somalia, we went public and said that the policy was wrong and that it would not help the situation. Today, those boys who are well trained and well armed are back in the northern Kenya region. Those are now the boys in the militias. It is not the Garre or Degodia communities who are fighting; it is criminal elements from both communities. The Government of Kenya has not dealt with those elements, in accordance with our laws. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on Friday, none other than the Leader of Majority Party went public and said that he had spoken with the Inspector-General of Police and that a number of GSU officers were on their way to Wajir. Today, I want to challenge him that he has also been let down. To-date, the said GSU officers have not reached Wajir. We must face the reality. Security is paramount. Before we talk about The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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