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"content": "I want to give a short synopsis of what has happened in Mandera in a short period of less than a year. I will just mention incidents without giving dates. A Safaricom salesman vehicle was attacked and the driver killed. More than 10 miraa vehicles were hijacked, people killed and many maimed. Vehicles carrying school feeding programme foodstuffs were attacked, two people killed and many others injured. Omar Jillo Centre and wananchi shops were looted. The attackers asked for the chief, missed him, but vandalized his house and took his uniform. The E-Coach bus was attacked, the driver killed and four passengers injured. An organization that distributes famine relief food was attacked. There was a heinous murder of nine Kenyans, six KPR officers and regular police officers and their bodies burnt beyond recognition. In Mandera Town, several police officers were killed and several others maimed. Other Government officials, namely two chiefs and Kenya Revenue Authority Staff (KRA), were killed. Many wananchi are killed or maimed on a daily basis. They include the locals and even those people we are calling upcountry people. Government installations are attacked; the AP Central and the DC’s offices were brought down. About 12 GK vehicles and private vehicles were burnt down at the DC’s office compound. The office block was totally destroyed. The county government revenue office was totally destroyed. There was an attempted attack on the county headquarters, which failed. There was an attack on the Mandera Police Station twice. There were attacks on the Kenya Power Company twice, but they failed. Three county collection barriers were attacked and several KPR officers killed. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are everywhere. The most daring was on the Governor’s convoy. The Deputy Governor’s vehicle was attacked. Road contractors were attacked at a fuel station and several people killed and a tractor destroyed. In Mandera Town, several people were injured and a tractor was destroyed. The latest was the 28 Kenyans who were heinously killed. The question that begs for an answer is; what happens to the intelligence information that is usually given by wananchi ? Recently, the county government shared intelligent information with the security agencies, but it was not acted on. The result was the heinous killing of 28 Kenyans. At the place where the killings happened there was a KDF camp, but it was moved two weeks ago. This is suspicious. The leadership of the county was not aware of the action. We are not aware of why it was moved. The police officers who were killed at Kapedo called for reinforcement for 30 hours. No help was forthcoming, leading to their massacre. When we took the KDF into Somalia and they went for the throat and liver of the terrorists, what strategies did we put in place to safeguard our bedroom? Are our police well-armed, or facilitated, in terms of mobility or vehicles? Recently, the Inspector- General was on record saying that all vehicles from Mandera would be escorted. Does he even have the vehicles to escort these vehicles? How are we prepared to bring all the stakeholders on board in the fight against terrorism? Is it intelligence-based or roughing up people? We wonder who cooks our intelligence, prepares it and serves it. These are the questions that beg for answers from every Kenyan. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rest my case. I beg to move and invite hon. Kenynan to second. Thank you very much. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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