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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Bett",
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        "legal_name": "James Kimaru Bett",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important subject of the state of security in the country. My attention has been drawn to the incident that happened in Mandera last week. The incident itself was a paradigm shift from what we have traditionally known to happen because it played a religious card. The people who alighted from the bus were supposed to declare their religious affiliation. That is a new paradigm shift from what we have traditionally known to happen, where those clashes have always been ethnic-based. This is a strong indication for officers who are heading the security apparatus in the country that even as we enter the festive season of December, they should pull up their socks and fold their sleeves, so that Kenyans can enjoy the festive season without any fear or intimidation. I am calling upon the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government (CS), the Inspector-General of Police (IG) and Johnstone Kavuludi to ensure that Kenyans have a good Christmas festive season. We must ask ourselves as Kenyans: How many Kenyans do the Cabinet Secretary, Inspector-General of Police and the Kavuludi group expect to die so that they can up the security? I also want to mention that the issue of a long porous border between Somalia and Kenya is not an excuse for the insecurity situation in the country. This border has always been there. The border between Somalia and Ethiopia is equally big, but they do not experience those problems. We want to ask the Cabinet Secretary, the Inspector-General and the Kavuludi group to ensure that Kenyans have enough security. I also want to take issue with the level of education at which we take people to the military. In the past, we used to take people who had just finished Standard Seven or Standard Eight. The performance of security officers is not directly correlated to the level of education. In my opinion, we should lower the grade at which we take people both to the military and the police. From experience, the higher the grade, the less the performance! When you take people with grades C+ (Plus) and above, they will not put 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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