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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Sorry, into Somalia. The purpose of that was to hit the snake on the head because at that time the Al Shabaab had already begun infiltrating Kenya, causing damage to churches, malls and everywhere else. We felt that if we went across the border into Somalia, we would be hitting the snake on the head and, therefore, these incursions would be reduced. However, it appears that we have not quite succeeded there. In fact, as you can see, incursions and incidences have increased rather than reduced. I am supporting this Motion because this is part of the reason this continues to occur again and again. When an incident has happened, let us stop, analyze, take a post mortem and know what has caused it to happen and know what the failures in the security system have been. This is the only way we can take corrective measures. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was personally very happy when his Excellency the President announced after the Westgate attack, that he would form a commission of inquiry to look into it and take corrective measures. As we know, that never happened. America is what it is today on issues of security because of the action that President Bush took when there was an attack on the 11th of September 2011. President Bush formed an equivalent of a commission which went into it and made very sweeping recommendations to overhaul the entire security system. They came up with homeland security which now brought together more than almost 200 different agencies in the law enforcement and intelligence gathering. Prior to that, each of these 200 agencies did not know what each was doing. Although there was some information somewhere about that attack, it was never shared with other agencies. Therefore, no corrective action was taken. The homeland security was constituted to look into that and to make sure that there is an effective mechanism against terrorism attack. This House has passed a Motion by the Senate Majority Leader on issues of security. The Motion more or less called for creation of a metropolitan police for Nairobi. I believe in that Motion a number of contributions again were made, that maybe part of the weaknesses in the security system is lack of a clear command authority. It was 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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