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"content": "The country is going through crisis upon crisis, upon crisis. One would have expected the President and the Jubilee team to reach out to the Opposition and sit down together and say: “This is our country, things are not working and everybody, including the blind can see, could we find a way forward?” The country has veered off the track and people are dying. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you see young people strip our mothers, our wives and daughters on public transport and film them as they do so, then you know that the country is at its lowest. What has happened to Mandera can happen to any country. I feel for the distinguished Senator for Mandera and the people of Mandera losing in grisly massacres; 28 and then 39 people in less than 10 days. Last weekend, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and I, buried four victims of the Mandera I attack. On Friday, we are burying seven more who are in a morgue in Kakamega. There are many other counties that have recorded similar deaths. This is following a litany of murders, muggings, killings, and massacres that have gone unchecked. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I stand here, I welcome the exit of one ole Lenku, who was speaking endlessly about nothing; drawing red lines and doing all manner of things like a comedian, with national security. Inspector General Kimaiyo was a prosecutor before me, when I was a young magistrate – a very decent man – but we are not looking for decent men. We are looking for serious people who can man our security. You can read the Bible from morning to evening. However, if you cannot command your troops, the Romans say: “You must fall on the sword.” That the President has reached out to fish from our backwaters, to pick Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry and propose him for the job, explains the desert of availability of talent on the other side. We lend Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry to them and wish him well. We hope that he will change the security situation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was the Minister for Foreign Affairs when we, as Cabinet, agreed to go to Somalia. Sen. James Orengo said this; that when America was attacked on 9/11, George Bush went to the screen and said: “Never again; we will take the war to them.” They took the war to Iraq, Afghanistan and have fought out there. The philosophy behind going to “ Operation Linda Nchi,” was to take the war to them after the attacks in Lamu, kidnappings, killing of the French tourist and so on. What have we done? We have taken the war to them, got stuck there and forgotten that there are lines behind us to protect. These people are walking in and out of our territory at will, killing innocent people. This afternoon, the President should have had the courage. When he made Kimaiyo to sign on a dotted line, he should have also made the Commander of the KDF, the Director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and everybody responsible to sign on a dotted line. The intelligence of this country is in shambles. They spend billions. This year alone, they have a budget of Kshs23 billion. They spend the money listening on politicians’ telephone calls and trailing them from place to place. Everyday, they churn out fake information, for example, on how Sen. Billow Kerrow’s graph is rising or dropping and so on. They have forgotten their core mandate of helping to secure this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we speak with pain; that the Government of the day has abdicated its responsibility. We can count the litany that my colleagues have counted; 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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