{"id":507480,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/507480/?format=json","text_counter":443,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":193,"legal_name":"Peter Anyang' Nyong'o","slug":"peter-nyongo"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. Sen. Wako said something very important regarding what we are experiencing. He said that in order for the security forces to perform their activities properly, there must be a proper chain of command. As Sen. Haji said, there must be a proper authority which inspires good morale in the security forces. The security apparatus of a capitalist state is a disciplined, professional organisation where they look after the security affairs of the state; that means the security of the people and their properties and they leave the business of making money or wealth to capitalists. Capitalists are prepared to pay for this professionalism. When you mix up the two, where professionalism is now mixed with business and speculation, you immediately break down the authority and command system in the security apparatus of the state. When you get the security apparatus mingled in politics, like we started in 2007; the Administration Police (APs) getting mixed up in elections and in 2013; the military getting mixed up in elections, the capitalist state fails. That is when you begin having what we call a failed state. I want to call a spade a spade and not a big spoon. This is the beginning of a failed state. Where the command system is failing, there is no authority and professionalism by the law. People are now using the apparatus of the state for businesses rather than professionalism. You cannot give orders. How is a solder going to chase after Al Shabaab and lose life when they know that the man sitting in authority is making money and burning charcoal in Somalia? Let us not beat around the bush. Let us see where the problem is. I was one of the first people very early on, last year, to call for pulling out of the KDF from Somalia. We had gone there on an emergency basis to make sure that we hit these people at their base and come back, but we overstayed. After going to Somalia, we were reading in the news about Kismayu and so on. They kept on staying and getting our soldiers mixed up with local affairs. This has now come to visit us. Unless we look at these things squarely on the face and say that this is where the problem is, we shall be dealing with the symptoms and not causes. In social sciences, we are told that if you are going to solve a problem, look for the causes and not just the symptoms. That happens in all the branches of sciences. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, recently we saw in the hiring of the police and military a complete confusion. How do we expect ordinary soldiers who know that the people have been recruited on basis of nepotism and not professionalism, to respect their seniors? Do you think that a man who has been recruited because he is the uncle or son of so-and-so is going to fight? He could just be coming for a sinecure. If you then take a few people to Kiganjo and train them for six months, bring them back and say that after 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."}