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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other issue is the kind of security that we are talking about. Corruption is the worst insecurity we have in this country. Our young people are corrupting the authorities to be employed in the police force. After they have been employed, they do nothing other than looking for their survival and the money they paid as bribe. If you see a young person paying Kshs300,000 to an officer so that he can be employed, the argument is that he must get back that money. Therefore, it is like a business or a game. Unless this country decides that the police do not need to be confined in just one place, we need to have one central place for evaluating the performance of the police from an independent body and not the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) because it is also misplaced. First, we need to understand our problem better. If it is poor leadership in the intelligence service, then we must change it. We know our police officers are very well trained, but when one is needed to be in charge, we go to the army to get an army officer. This demoralizes the people who have been working there for many years. There are no other people well trained in this part of the world, particularly in Africa, better than our police officers. We used to compete with South Africa and Israel. Even today, our training is still very strong. However, we are training people who cannot be trainable because they have been infiltrated by corruption. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when security matters are being discussed in this House, sometimes I decide not to speak. For example, I was not ready to say anything on this Motion because we are going to repeat ourselves. We have to get to a stage where we shall demand to get involved in the management of the security of this country. We must also start identifying people who are in politics because of being supported by criminal acts. In Laikipia, for example, if I want to fight a group of people from the other side of the boundary and I start saying “we are going to die for you” I will get support. This is terrible. A politician would want to go to heaven, but I doubt how many will even reach at the gate. Some of them will not be interrogated, but will be told to go to hell straight away because they lie and people are dying. It is not good for people to rejoice when people die just because he is not your sister or brother."
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