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    "id": 504968,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I wish to send my sincere condolences and on behalf of the people of northern Kenya, to the families of the 28 Kenyans who were brutally murdered by these evil men. I also condemn the act. That act was intended to divide us as Kenyans. We must stand strong, as Kenyans, and ensure that these kinds of acts do not divide us. The act that happened has no basis in religion. I want us to be very careful even as leaders. The kind of comments that we make sometimes, like I have seen on the social media, can divide Kenyans further and, indeed, help the perpetrators to achieve their objectives. Much has been said about who is responsible. Somebody must take responsibility for the continued lack of security in this country. Under Article 238(2)(a) of the Constitution, national security is subject to the authority of this Constitution and Parliament. Much as we point fingers at others, I want to point fingers at ourselves. What have we done as a House? Why have we not impeached people whose names we keep mentioning? We keep saying ole Lenku, Kimaiyo among others. What is stopping us from impeaching these people? This House, not elsewhere, is failing Kenyans in taming insecurity in this country. Heads must roll. People must take responsibility. Today, Kenyans have camped at the gate of the Office of the President seeking the removal of ole Lenku and his team. They must go and must take responsibility. This House must take a lead in that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I end, I want to say that, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Doctors Association who have ordered all their employees to leave that place, we plead with them not to do so. Indeed, doing so will also be another way of helping these terrorists to achieve another objective of causing more suffering to Kenyans. We need to review our strategy of sending KDF to Somalia. We better safeguard our country from within, rather than spending time and being accused of being involved in charcoal trade out there. We must bring our boys and men back here and put them on our borders so that they can defend our country. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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