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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Two minutes is a short time and I have a lot of things to say, but I will go quickly. First of all, I want to offer my condolences, as well, to the affected families and the people who have been affected directly by this. Secondly, we have heard Kenyans lamenting from everywhere. When you listen to radio, Kenyans are lamenting. When you walk in the streets, Kenyans are lamenting. The question we must ask ourselves at this point is: What is the disposition at such a time that leaders should take? Should we leaders also lament or should we leaders sit down at such a forum as the National Assembly and offer a solution? Look at the problem of security holistically and give the way forward. Because of time, I will give a quick analogy. If you have a cold or flu today, and your nose is running, if you cut off your nose, you will still have that cold. Two people at the top cannot be the problem of security. We have systemic issues. Do we have the right institutional and legal framework to deal with insecurity and terror? Those are the questions we must address in this House because we are legislators. We are not just an amplification of the people complaining on radio. Let us offer solutions. Let us look at these issues holistically. Let us address the massive corruption in the Office of the President. Let us address the problem of command structure. Let us look at problems in the Constitution where you have an independent police force in a country that is devolved. You cannot have a police force that gets instructions from three different people. As leaders, let us offer leadership; let us not be the loudest people lamenting. I will leave it at that because of time."
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