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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Thank you very much Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I wish to join my colleagues in condoling with the families of the late Member of Parliament, Hon. Muchai, as well as his colleagues; the bodyguards and his driver who were killed with him. The assassination of Hon. Muchai leaves us cold in our bones. This illustrates that in effect, we are not safe. None of us is safe if the late Hon. Muchai, with his two bodyguards, in the middle of Nairobi streets can be killed, never mind the reason why. The problem as it were is that in the history of our nation, normally assassinations are not solved. If today we are asked who assassinated the late Dr. Ouko, we will have no answer. We do not know who assassinated J.M Kariuki and we do not even know who killed the late Ronald Ngala. We hope that this time round, the story will not be the same and that we will, indeed, find out and unravel the reasons why and who killed the late Hon. Muchai. This is also a good time for those who are spending money like the Nairobi County and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to note that the amount of money we have spent on technology and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in and around Nairobi is worth spending. At the very least, we should see those assassins on television even if they are wearing masks. We should, as a nation, see the footage of what is recorded on CCTV. If we do not see that footage, somebody must be answerable and tell us why we cannot see the footage when the CCTV had been installed. We should see what has happened since installation and what we should expect in future because we spend a substantial amount of money in installing those CCTV. We should also be asking ourselves, particularly the people sitting in this House and the Members of the National Assembly about the degree of training of the persons that we sit with in our cars who are our bodyguards. Not too long ago, Sen. Munyes was shot in the foot by a gun that fell by mistake. He was shot by somebody sitting with him in the same car. I do not want to demean or to judge how Muchai’s bodyguards behaved because they are already gone. However, we must ask ourselves questions: Do you have a relative of yours sitting in your car who came from the Administration Police section and has not been trained as a VIP bodyguard? I want to illustrate something. I have some training in this area because I was a Member of the Kenya Police Cadets. I went with a bodyguard to a shooting range and when my bodyguard fired the pistol, we all went flat on our stomachs because it was wild shooting. I say this very seriously because we should be finding out whether the bodyguards we have go for retraining. It is mandatory, for those who understand firearms, to go for training, at least, every 14 days. They are supposed to go, clean the guns and shoot with them. 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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