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    "id": 464174,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I want to thank my friend from Samburu for bringing up this matter. I want to say that people must work in this country. Those who have been given responsibilities must work. The day this House will rise and take action on anybody, I will give a vote on that because even if I am in Jubilee, I do not support people who do not do their jobs. It is possible today, and this is very sad, that you start your journey from Kisumu all the way to the City and there is no policeman on the road and no security checks at all. You can pick a gun from Kisumu, Eldoret and even Kakamega and nobody really cares. My colleagues who come from those sides of the western part of Kenya, experience it; there is no security barriers on our roads in this country. Therefore, criminals move from Kisumu to Nairobi, back to Nakuru and nobody cares to take care of our roads. On the issue of Westgate Mall invasion, that shows us that this country is not safe. Something very serious in terms of security needs to be done. I come from Kericho and two months ago, members of a family were killed in their business just one kilometre from the police station. It took one hour for one policeman to respond and he was shot at and he disappeared. More policemen came much later and it is just less than two kilometres on the highway. This shows that we have a problem with the security systems in this country. I want to say that I associate myself with the sentiments of hon. Lentoimaga. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we have to take action, I support seriously the action we will take against anybody who fails to do their job. I will not vote just because I am in Jubilee; people who have been given the jobs must do them. Therefore, with those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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