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    "id": 538399,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak once more. I would like to condole with the families of the bereaved and state that security has become a very serious matter in the country. We have had all manner of threats directed at this House, primary schools, secondary schools and universities. Now it has happened to a university. Only cowards will attack defenceless people. It is very painful to us as a country. If they are really serious people who want to fight our country, then they should go where they should be and fight with equally armed people. Those are cowards and we must deal with them ruthlessly as a country. Again, other countries are giving us security intelligence while our own country is not releasing any. Our security forces need to strengthen the intelligence team so that we have information. Those people were 300 and more kilometres into Kenyan soil. Somebody from the border up to Garissa should have known that there is an intended attack. That person did not release that information to the intelligence. Even if it was released to the intelligence, it has not been acted upon. Therefore, hon. Deputy Speaker, it would be prudent if we could even increase the budgetary allocations and also relook at the whole security structure. Now that we have our colleague hon. Nkaissery there, we should give him all the necessary support with budgetary allocations. I believe he will be able to re-arrange the security system in Kenya - especially the intelligence - so that we can be able to know before they strike and we strike them before they strike our country. It is very sad that we now have to deal with over 70 deaths. The images on the social media are really appalling and, as a nation, we are really looking ―fallen‖. I would like to encourage our country to work together, face and conquer the enemy. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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