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    "id": 499415,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) F.I. Ali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Fatuma Ibrahim Ali",
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    "content": "arming ourselves. People are suffering. People are arming themselves because there is a failure by the State. We need to appreciate that. The other issue is that recently in Wajir we asked the security agents about the people they have arrested in connection with the many explosives we have experienced in Wajir County. The county has had over 100 explosions from 2013 to 2014. No one has ever been arrested and they have occurred in the Central Business District (CBD) of Wajir Town. You ask the security agents in the county who represent the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the County Commissioners and they have no answers at all. You ask yourself: “If they do not have any information on all the explosions that took place in Wajir, why are they in the county using taxpayers’ money?” I think this is a question that Kenyans should ask. Recently, there was a media report where parents were guarding their children with guns. I think many Kenyans have watched that programme. Where is the Government in this scenario? It is a question we should ask. We are blaming communities because they have armed themselves because the State has failed. I think this House must make a drastic decision given that the security issue in this country is in crisis. It is endemic and we should address it because the State has failed. I support this Motion, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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