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    "content": "Governors; involve the Senate and the county assemblies in dealing with the Governors who are looting public funds. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also wish to comment on the issue that is going on in Garissa. I wish to pass my condolences, sympathy and also condemn those who are involved in this heinous act. In our National Anthem, we are called upon to defend our nation and heritage of splendor. I believe that the chief defender of this nation is none other than the Head of State. The Head of State and the Jubilee Government sought our mandate so that they could carry the shield that would defend this nation. It is now appearing that this shield is too heavy and they cannot walk or run while holding the shield. It is only one week ago, on a Thursday, at a time almost like this, when the Head of State told us that the State of our nation is strong; how wrong he was. He told us that we are more secure than ever and then, today, insecurity strikes at the heart of an educational institution. Today it is Garissa, tomorrow it could be Alliance Boys High School or any of those other schools where the bourgeoisie and the middle class take their children to. We were given advisories but we rejected them with the usual bravado that we spare for the West. I wish we could act on intelligence. But even as we go about resolving this, I hope that it will not lead to witch hunt or victimization of Somalis. We have just heard that there are Kenyan Somalis and Somali Somalis. I hope that as we go about sorting this matter out, we shall not victimize people in places like Eastleigh and those people that we perceive to be Muslims; I hope that we shall not make a generalization that all Muslims are terrorists by nature and I hope that even as we celebrate Easter, we, of the Christian faith, shall not go into blanket condemnation of followers of the Muslim faith. In conclusion, Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to do a root cause analysis in order to defeat corruption. We must give our children confidence in the future. If there is one thing that appears to be the legacy that the Jubilee Government is going to leave to this country, it will be the legacy of a terrorized nation. That is an unfortunate legacy and I call upon the President; on insecurity we cannot stand aside and wait for him to fail. We would want to have a bi-partisan approach to insecurity but action must start from the top. At some point, we said that heads must roll and we donated a Cabinet Secretary (CS) to the Jubilee Government, but things are not changing. So, there are deep-seated systemic issues that need to be addressed for us to have a secure nation. I call upon all stakeholders to work together so that this Government and those who are elected during the period do not---"
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