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    "id": 506432,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "However, if the President will be dealing with security every morning and evening--- The country recruits 10,000 police officers every year. Today, our reformed Judiciary has decided that we are not going to recruit. There were very few areas where there was corruption and the court cancelled the whole of it. What about those innocent ones who ran and won to be members of the Police Service? Who will pay for their justice? You are paying the justice of the few who lost their positions because of corruption. What about the guys who won fairly from very poor families? That is a debate for those hon. Members. However, this House has allocated money and we cannot recruit police officers because of our reformed Judiciary. In a nutshell, the matter is about us all as leaders. The matter is how we can secure our country. The 2017 elections is a different ball game. There are leaders who do not want to face their communities. There are leaders in this House and in this country who do not want to face their communities when they commit serious national security crimes because they might lose the elections. The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, please, you do not know whether you will reach 2017. If the Pokots are a threat to national security, stand up and say the Pokots must stop that. We will not agree as Muslims in this country to play politics with those who want to use sacred mosques to perpetuate hatred and killings. We will not. I am one of the people who believe that houses of God must be respected. Every leader will be counted on an hour like this when the nation is under attack. I want to urge my colleagues because Adjournment Motions will not help. Let us not lament and cry like the ordinary citizens of our country. We have been given a mandate under Article 95 of the Constitution. I saw Senator Bonny Khalwale demonstrating with the civil society. Shame on him! He is a Senator. He has been given powers under Article 96. Let him come to the House. Instead of offering leadership; a leader must lead from the front. I saw him in a T- shirt and I said he is lucky because, if he came to my county, he would not get even 10 votes. National security is not about bull fighting. Finally, I express my disgust today at the funeral of a man I respect a lot; my good friend, the late Senator. Otieno Kajwang’. Is what happened today leadership? The Speaker of the National Assembly and other leaders were shouted down. Is that how you want Kenyans to mourn with you? What kind of politics is that? Today our speaker could not address the mourners. He could only do it after the former Prime Minister had to speak in his vernacular for 20 minutes. Shame! People go there to mourn with you. We want to mourn the death of Senator Otieno Kajwang’. It is very un-African. It is preaching a culture of violence. In conclusion, before I give the Majority Whip to second, let us not be the problem of Kenya as leaders. We are lucky because we have been given an opportunity by the Almighty God and by the voters to get a position so that we can make a difference in the lives of our people. Let us not play politics and ethnic card with the lives of our people. Let us not play cheap politics which is meant for 2017 with the national security of our people. I beg to rest my case and ask hon. Katoo to second. I tell the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security that the problem is not hon. Abongotum. The problem is bigger. It is not Kimaiyo or ole Lenku but the society called 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."
}