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    "id": 506426,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/506426/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Initiative was meant that Kenyans can police themselves; Kenyans can know their neighbours; Kenyans can know their business colleagues in the neighbourhood; Kenyans can offer information and Kenyans can play a role in the creation of a more safe and secure nation. Two, there was a creation of a multi-agency national disaster response unit because when an incident happens, whether it is terror or any other crime, we do not have a strategy. So, a multi-agency national disaster response unit was established. A modern national command and control centre was established. For the first time, a forensic laboratory was unveiled at the CID Headquarters. There have been regional security initiatives including commencing work towards the repatriation of refugees in northern Kenya and in Kakuma. A tripartite agreement has been signed between the Kenya Government, the Somalia Government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) agency that deals with refugees. Undertaking cross-border disarmament programmes and the revision of the Fire Arms Act was part of the measures that were felt would enhance or deter crime. As a result of this effort, normal crime, apart from the terror network, has reduced by 8 per cent during the period under review when the President tabled the Report. That is the period 2012/2013. With those achievements notwithstanding, the country is faced with serious socio-economic threats that continue to impact on our national security objective. What are those? There is high prevalence of youth un-employment and high levels of poverty among our citizens and a steady erosion of social fabric and values. When you see women being stripped and a three year old girl being raped by her two uncles and you compare that with those who, instead of deterring as a social responsibility, pick it, tape it and use their mobile phones to put in the social media, the question we are asking is this: Where those women are being stripped, there are thousands of Kenyans before a policeman comes. Why are they not stopping those acts? The Tom Mboya Street, Moi Avenue and River Road are highly populated areas. Instead of deterring, because security starts with me and you and everybody else, what do the citizens of our country do? They use their mobile phones to record and put it on the social media. 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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