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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "That is my full name. Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also wish to support this Motion. I wish all of us a good Easter holiday while we are on recess. The Senators will also have an opportunity to talk to their constituents in the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am afraid I have to make this point. The Jubilee Government came to power on several promises. They have now been in power for two years and they have less than two years before the end of this term. When people say that we should create a special force and retrain it, I am afraid the Jubilee Government does not have the time to do it. Kenyans will not wait for them to start looking for new recruits or special forces to deploy to secure the nation. The point is that the Jubilee Government took power promising to defend the lives and properties of every Kenyan. Indeed, in appointing people in the security sector from the police to the armed forces, the President, more or less, has got discretion to appoint people he wants. The Senate or the National Assembly have tried to intervene. We demonstrated that in the security forces there are better deserving people to take over leadership, the Jubilee Government made the choice. We said that there are more experienced officers in the police and the armed forces but this Government made a choice. Therefore, the Jubilee Government having only two years---. In other democracies they would be put to account. If we had a parliamentary system, probably, today we could be talking about a Motion of No Confidence or an early election for that matter. However, the President has the safety in the Constitution that he has a fixed term. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to say again that the Jubilee Government has failed on the question of security. There was the Westgate attack and other attacks and it was said that action would be taken. There was the Lamu attack; there have been 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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