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    "id": 490194,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/490194/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion, which is meant to approve the appointment of the Director-General of the NIS. I would like to state that recently Kenya faced external aggression where a lot of lives were lost. The life of a single Kenyan is very important; therefore, I support the appointment of the new DG of NIS, so that Kenyans can be secure. Though the previous DG has retired, we, my constituency and I, hope that the channel of reporting intelligence and acting upon it will be looked at, so that whatever was happening during the tenure of the retired DG does not happen again, if this House approves the appointment of the new DG of the NIS. Garissa Town, which hon. Duale represents was the fastest growing town in East and Central Africa in the last three years or so. But today, because of insecurity and poor intelligence reporting, or acting on intelligence information, growth is no longer witnessed in Garissa Town. We hope that the new DG will do his level best when it comes to securing the country, so that we do not have incidents like what we had at Westgate and Mpeketoni repeated at any other place in Kenya. Intelligence information should flow from grassroots to all offices, including that of the President, whose main objective and duty is to take care of the security of the country. Having looked at the CV of the appointee and his experience, and having listened---"
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