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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": ".: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank Sen. Billow for this Motion. Many things that we will contribute on this Motion, we said them yesterday in no uncertain terms. As I second this Motion, allow me to express my disappointment. The issue about the security of our people in the national Government and counties is something we have raised severally. This is an issue that is on top of everybody’s agenda. We are asking ourselves whether or not the Government is doing enough to take action to prevent the activities of terrorists to ensure that Kenyans live in peace. The person who is charged with this responsibility is none other than His Excellency the President. In his capacity as the Commander in Chief of the Defence forces, he is the person who should initiate the changes that we are asking for in this Motion, which include legislative measures, taking disciplinary action and any other action required lawfully to ensure that the people of this country enjoy the security they should get under the Constitution. Under the old Constitution, we did not have a provision where the citizens of this country were guaranteed of security. However, in the new Constitution 2010, we have given a specific provision saying that the people of this country are entitled to adequate security. What we saw in Mandera County is chilling and troubling. To some extent, the pictures that you see in the newspapers today; people lining up at the airstrip in Mandera with bags ready to be evacuated is a serious issue. I say so, because the people who live and work in Mandera are attempting to move from there to other regions. What guarantee is there if you move from Mandera to Makueni, Machakos or Nairobi that the same actions will not take place by these same hoodlums who will not blink in order to take the life of a person? While this is happening, the Government, in its many statements --- I am happy that the Kenya Television Network (KTN) yesterday analyzed some of them that the national Government has made severally out of incidents that have happened in Kapedo and Baringo. All of them seem to have been written from the same script. It is like every time they do it, they just change the headline and the person who will read it. No serious action has been taken by this Government even at the time that we lost so many Kenyans at the Westgate Mall to ensure that we have security. What is the downside? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, again, the electronic and print media have given very chilling pictures of a ghost town called Lamu where many tourists used to visit to watch the old town and the sites, but it is now empty. Most of us will attest to the fact that in the last few months that we have been to the coastal City of Mombasa, there are no 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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