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    "id": 534749,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this shocking episode. First and foremost, I send heartfelt condolences to the people of Garissa and friends, relatives and all sympathizers, following the attack. Security is becoming a real thorny issue in our country. The Government seems to have invested heavily, but it is not enough and it needs to do more. Just the other day Safaricom won a tender. I wonder what it has done so far. Are they just tapping our phones or what is happening? By now we should be seeing results and engaging on the strengths and challenges which have occurred. I believe that we need to create a special force to deal only with terrorism, the way we have the famous General Service Unit (GSU) squad known as Recce. When we see them, we know that our problems are sorted out. For example, when I came to Parliament today for the first time I saw dogs sniffing around. I thought that security is finally coming to Parliament. But we need to enhance security in many other areas. Without proper security we will be in trouble. I came back from Addis Ababa recently where I noticed that even if one is entering a kiosk they are screened. The security forces are always alert. I know that we can afford to provide adequate security. Many Kenyans need jobs and can be well trained. In fact, even the recruitment should be done properly so that we get the best officers who are committed and willing to serve their nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, insecurity is becoming scary. The Senator for Meru has just confirmed that the terrorists want to scare us. Personally, sometimes I am so scared that on Sundays whenever I want to go to church, I just look outside and just decide to talk to my Maker in the House. This is because the terrorists have been targeting churches and even supermarkets. Now they have started touching very sensitive places; learning institutions. I will not be surprised to find out that the 510 students who cannot be accounted for so far are ladies. We have seen what the Boko Haram has done. They have tortured and violated the rights of women. They sexually harass them. Women are giving birth to children whose father’s they do not even know, in the name of spreading the “terrorist-lets,” if I may use that term. They want to make more babies and spread their generation. This is unacceptable. If the whole word has failed to deal with what is happening in Nigeria and the Boko Haram have gotten away with it, maybe this is an extension of what is happening there. Whichever name they use, the exercise is the same. This is unacceptable and should not be allowed. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to think like terrorists sometimes, so that we can be ahead of them. We should not always deal with the aftermath of what they have done. That is the only way we can fight terrorism. There was a time when we would hear about some people being smoked out and bombs found. Why is there silence now? Are our security personnel not able to see beyond the obvious? Is there a disconnect? 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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