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    "content": "days, are within the radius of 30 miles of Mandera Town. I find that difficult to understand. I join Sen. Hajji in saying that there is something terribly wrong with our security agencies. This is because the hot spots that we have in Kenya as a whole are known. They are in Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera and Lamu. They are not new and yet, these terrorist organizations seem to be having the time, place and opportunity to attack these places almost undetected. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before the Inspector-General was put into account, the Chief of Kenya Defence Forces should have been the first to account. We went to Somalia to keep Al Shabaab in Somalia so that they would not enter the Kenyan territory. That is why we went to Somalia. That is why the Americans went to Afghanistan. How come that now with their presence in Somalia with other forces, Al Shabaab is able to enter Kenya at any time they wish? That responsibility is not with the Inspector-General; it is with the KDF. Article 241(3)(a) of the Constitution says: “The Defence Forces – are responsible for the defence and protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic.” That responsibility is not on the police force. So, whereas I support the sacking of the IG - that should have happened a long time ago; I do not think he willingly left office; he was forced to resign. This is because when they were telling the opposition that we had crossed the red line, they are the ones who had crossed the red line a long time ago. What we are seeing now should have happened many days ago. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are some simple things that when people are told they think, probably, you are being petty or politicising an issue. Sometimes I look at the way Gen. Julius Karangi looks at the President when he is donning the military uniforms. The look says: “Should anything happen, do not look at me. Look at the Commander-in-Chief.” Once you do so, it will be very difficult for you now to start questioning your generals. I still think that it is important to make sure that the President is not under the control of these security forces; he must be controlling those security forces. I want to emphasize what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale said earlier about recruitment in the national security organization. Article 231 says that recruitment must reflect the diversity of the Kenyan people. This is generally on security organizations. On the KDF, the composition of the command of the defense forces is also supposed to reflect the regional and ethnic diversity of the people of Kenya. All this is not there for a reason. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there was mischief on the part of the makers of this Constitution at the beginning. If we continue this way, the people of Mandera will demand of the county government to form their own army because the KDF is not taking care of them. This thing happens in countries where law and order has broken down like in Afghanistan where every governor has his military unit. We do not want that, but what does a governor do like in Mandera where there is evidence to show that he had already given intelligence to the national Government and nothing happened? What does he say to his people? I support. 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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