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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I even expected the Minister in charge of Defence to be here and listen to us. To me, this is not a matter that we can leave to the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. What if those people came with weapons which were very destructive that our police could not match? Some of these people are in Eastleigh, Langata and Embakasi. Why can we not deploy our security personnel to man our borders? That is why we pay them. Losing between 40 and 50 people, or even 20 people in a day is not a small matter. Let us not blame the Members of Parliament from those areas. It is not the responsibility of hon. Munyes to provide security to his constituents. If we reduce this matter to such trivialities, we will lose it. I cannot provide security to the people of Gwasi. It is not possible. I have no capacity. I cannot even provide security to myself. So, implying that the hon. Members who come from those places should have resigned is simplifying this matter and making it look cheap, yet it is a matter which is very serious. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us be candid with the Government, and tell them that the main reason as to why governments are elected is to provide security to citizens. Otherwise, there would be no need for governments. In my constituency, I had"
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