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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Thank you. I would also propose that to stem those attacks this House considers coming up with a special package for these heroic people who went to save and salvage that situation in Garissa. I have also agonised over how we can help the students. One thing I noted is that almost 90 per cent of the students who were affected tended to come from very poor families. That tells you a very major issue. One, that those people who tend to go to Government-sponsored programmes come from poor families. They are only able to reach those stages on the basis of their academic credentials. It is time as a Government we put more effort towards supporting students who are doing regular programmes. For this particular instance, we may consider coming up with a small token for the students and police officers who were affected. I would also propose that we transfer those students to good institutions so that they do not go back to that institution. I think it is also time for us to consider arming private guards. We can come up with proposals to ensure arming private guards is not abused. How? For instance, we can say you have to be trained in Kiganjo, you have to be experienced and you may have to get better pay. We may set up a scale. Why do I say so? Presently, there are so many private citizens having guns licenced by the Government. However, that is a gun to protect one life. I do not see anything wrong if we were to give a gun to a guard who is going to use it to protect more people. Presently when you go to various private or public establishments, you find an askari with a rungu. In case of an attack, that askari cannot do anything. We can arm these people and then come up with a system to ensure that those guns are not used for other things. I also feel this is the time to tell our army to be accountable. From my own observation, I think the army did not do a good job this time. Why do I say so? Garissa University College is about 200 metres from the army barracks. It is said they reacted and started to engage those people from six o’clock. After so many hours, it is only the police officers from the Recce Squad who came and conquered these people. Personally, I felt embarrassed with our army. As a National Assembly, we probably need to hold them to account for some of the things that happened there. I also propose that we come up with a commission of inquiry. We have had several attacks. We have previously had attacks in Garissa, Wajir, Mpeketoni and Westgate. We need a specialised commission comprised of top security experts and even political scientists. I draw the attention of Members of Parliament to a book that is written by a person called Samuel Huntington. It is called The Clash of Civilisations and theRemaking of the World Order . He is arguing that we may reach a stage where there will be major fights between civilisations. In Kenya we may have immersed ourselves into a battle that is so big and complex that it should have been left to people of a more sophisticated state as opposed to ours which is a growing State. We are yet to perfect our State apparatus. If you were to agree with the thesis of Samuel Huntington, maybe that is 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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