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    "id": 504591,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. Let me start by saying that I stand here with a very heavy heart. In the tragedy that happened in Mandera, I lost two people from my county, I lost young Douglas Dikatso, a 24 year old trained teacher, who was there in Abakarai Primary School as his first posting. He was a very young man, not married, the sole breadwinner of his family and he is gone. I also lost Hilary Lusaka Jumba. Another young teacher of 25 years who had worked there for a very short time and he is also gone. On my own behalf, that of my family and the entire county, I convey my heartfelt condolences to the families of the two young men from Hamisi, Vihiga and the families of all those that lost their lives in this bad tragedy. The big question that we are all asking is: When this was happening, where was the National Intelligence Service (NIS)? Year in, year out, as Parliament, we vote in so much money for security and particularly for the NIS. The budget of the NIS is not scrutinized for the many years that I have been in Parliament. When it comes to the NIS, we just vote in money and we are told that it is for national security. These people have completely failed our Government. They have completely failed our security, telling by the numerous attacks we have had and most of these attacks are planned here. You wonder where the NIS is because they should be able to detect this. I want to tell the President and the Deputy President who are the heads of the Jubilee Coalition Government that I am a student of political science and the first and foremost responsibility of any Government is to provide security to its citizens and their property. As a colleague said there, you may give us the standard gauge railway and all those big things you are talking about, but that comes to nothing if the country has no security. If the security of a country fails, then the regime in power has failed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are talking from the Senate telling the President that he has our full support in the fight against terror and that is why as Parliament we vote any amount of money for security. Whatever they ask for, we vote. We want to support him in the fight against terror and this is a fight that we must not lose. His top most responsibility is security and he is failing in that. I can see my sister Beth Mugo looking at me and I would like to tell him that his team have failed and as my colleague said there, the buck stops with the President who is the Chief Executive of the country because he is the man in charge; he is the appointing authority of all these officers we are blaming. If they cannot resign, then he has the powers to fire them or reshuffle them. Why must he keep carrying this baggage of officers who have failed him? All Kenya are talking about this and it is now common knowledge and everybody knows that the people in charge of security in this country have failed the Government. Why must he keep on hanging to this people? Is there something that we are not being told? We are talking with a lot of bitterness. Whenever these things happen, my county is always affected. During the Westgate Mall attack, I lost so many people. I want to join my colleagues in condemning this heinous act that happened. Whatever name they want to call it, I do not believe that there is any religion or any god 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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