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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am also happy to contribute to the Motion. I start by offering condolences to those people who have been affected and the many that are still being held hostage. It is really one of the saddest days in this country. News that this is going to be bigger than the Westgate Mall attack and bigger than any of the other attacks that the country has suffered before is quite sad. The condolences of the House and Members of Parliament are inter-twined with the sadness that we share with the rest of Kenyans on this matter. Just as we agreed to move the Adjournment Motion, I want to state that it is quite sad. If there is a time we need unity in this country, it is a times like now. If there is a place we need unity, it is reforms in the security sector. Reforms in the National Police Service were started and then stopped. I speak as a Member of the Human Rights Caucus. It is sad to hear the President, in offering condolences, dismiss what the Judiciary is doing. It is sad that, that is the tone he adopted. It is important to get the 10,000 police officers we need. However, it is important that corruption in the security sector is dealt with. There can be no other way. We might want to hide under the bed, but we must know that there is corruption in the security sector. We have to deal with it. I also speak as the Vice-Chairperson of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. We spent the whole day on the petition of the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission. When we listened to the allegations, we wanted to cry for our country; that we can let corruption bring this country down to its knees. As we look at this Motion, I still urge that the House spends time carrying out a surgery of our security sector. We need a radical surgery. It is not about personalities. It is good that we have Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery. However, hon. Nkaissery will not do much in a rotten institution with corruption. We have to adjust our ideals on patriotism. We have to look at the question of why we have radicalization and why Al-Shabaab would attack an institution of learning. We have to look at the root causes of these issues. We have to do a better report than what we did with the Westgate terror attack. As a House, let us commit ourselves to helping our President. Moving this country forward involves dealing with corruption and other issues that bedevil the security sector and embrace human rights. Dealing with human rights issues is not like wearing a jacket when the rain comes. Human rights are principles that you live with every day. As we confront insecurity, we should use human rights and confront corruption. 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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