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    "content": ". That is why there have been consistent attacks in Wajir and Mandera towns in the last 12 months. How does it happen that we agreed to send the KDF into Somalia to provide a buffer zone between Kenya and Somalia, yet 500 kilometers away, in the most risky area, there is no provision of security? This matter of the threat is so bad that last night 300 Government employees, who are from upcountry, spent the night in the army camp. Several hundreds of them spent the night in the police and Administration Police camps. Today the Principal Secretary in charge of Internal Security and a team went to Mandera to plead with them to stay since they will provide security. They went there to plead with them not to shut down the hospitals and schools. The reply of some of those public servants was shocking. They said: - “We can stay, but if the terrorists have targeted the Governor of this town, who is going to stop them? They are now threatening to come and hit the town. The moment the residents of the town report that so-and-so is a suspect, that information is immediately conveyed by the police to the terrorists. The following day, the life of whoever reported the suspect is in danger.” The Governor of that county published, two days ago, in the newspapers that even when a terrorist suspect has been arrested, invariably they get released. We have a serious situation on the ground. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since the time that I have been given is very short, I would like to say that we have a serious situation. The Al Shabaab terrorists are now on our borders, because they have been chased out of Somalia. They are on the entire length of the border and there is nobody manning that border. Therefore, this country is at risk. Most terrorists who have carried out attacks in this country; from the Westgate Mall attack, Mombasa and the vehicle that exploded in Pangani, gained entry through Mandera. We have a situation where the no-man’s-land between Mandera Town and Bulahawa Town in Somalia has been built on and buildings on both sides of the countries literary touch each other. So, we have a serious situation and yet, the Government cannot take this matter seriously. The Government has not done even the basics like providing vehicles for security operations or enough security officers. This is a matter that we are concerned about. We are concerned that, that town will be raided during the day and there will be more massacres in that town, unless the Government takes this matter seriously. At the same time that they hit Mandera, three or four days ago, they actually also attacked the power station in Wajir. Literally, there are always simultaneous attacks in Wajir and Garissa. 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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