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    "id": 475333,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "I asked whether that happens even when the President comes and they told me yes. They told me that even the head of state cannot address any meeting in a village until the meeting is opened by that fellow, whether educated or not. This really touched me and I realized why things have been managed in some of these countries like Rwanda and Uganda. The level of security awareness is very high because the people on the ground in the villages are the ones who run and man the show. They even had to call Kampala to inform them that I was there so that they can get permission. We can copy this and modify it to suit the Kenyan style. If you look at the stubborn nature of the problem we are witnessing in Lamu where terrorists emerge from some villages, attack people and run, somehow some people in those villages can identify who these characters are if such a system is made functional. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when a neighbour comes to address us, it calls upon all of us as a nation to ask what they are doing that we are not able to do. He pointed out what they went through in 1994. At that time, it was like a dead nation. Things were chaotic; there was confrict; tribe against tribe and person against person. Last year, a Committee of the Senate visited Rwanda for a week and I was privileged to be among those who went there to see how their laptop project is working. I was touched to see the level of cleanliness and the level of security alertness in Rwanda. We visited the place where the genocide took place. That is an everlasting memorial to remind the people of Rwanda and the whole world what a wayward spirit of man can do. We need to remind ourselves that at this time when we are having inter-tribal challenges like in Wajir, Tana River and other places, we may need to take some of these people for a visit to go and see what some of these things can do if we do not suppress them and if we do not put our house in order. Visiting and seeing personally and practically is very important so that other people can learn. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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