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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Duri",
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        "legal_name": "Halima Ware Duri",
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    "content": "Thank you, for giving me this chance. I have been here from yesterday and I could not get this chance. I support this Presidential Address. One good issue that he mentioned at length is the issue of corruption and the corrupters. These people remain suspects and innocent until proved guilty. Once they are proved guilty they should be taken to the courts so that they can be punished like any other Kenyan, whether they are in the Government or any party. These people are Kenyans and they must be punished for stealing public property. The President has talked at length about education and providing electricity to all primary schools hence upgrading them. Where I come from has not been provided with electricity. Children are still in the dark. I think they should improve on that issue. The other issue is on the apology that the President made on historical injustices. His Excellency the President, hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, is a courageous and confident person. If he was not confident, he would not stand here and apologise for historical injustices. With regard to historical injustices, they only mentioned the Wagalla Massacre, forgetting what happened in Tana River County in 2011/2012, in the areas of Rikata, Kilelengwani and Kipao; and recently, in Mpeketoni, where residents were swept from their villages. Those who survived do not have shelter up to now. They still sleep in tents. It will be good if the Government could build shelter for these people. The President further mentioned the challenges of ethnic and inter-communal conflict, sexual and gender-based violence. The women of this country are tired of hearing about issues of rape, defilement and violence. A strong group should be commissioned to handle issues of rape and defilement. This is shameful to this country. Hon. Speaker, in this House, we discourage the issue of grownups accepting one another. We call it “willing buyer, willing seller|”. Such things should not come to the Floor of this House. If people have agreed out there, let the issue remain there. We do not want it to be brought here because I call it “willing buyer, willing seller” issue. So, I do not see what should be discussed here. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the security situation in this country is still wanting. The Government‟s action of buying 1,200 vehicles for the security agencies is a good trial but insecurity in the country is still an issue which requires serious attention. Intelligence collection should be improved in this country. We can only succeed in maintaining security if we improve security intelligence collection. Without enhanced intelligence collection, the motor vehicles will not help us much. Another thing that has compromised security is that we have abandoned the community policing initiative, which did some good work in this country. Since the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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