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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "an issue that the commission of inquiry would dig deeper to see whether or not it makes sense for us to be in Somalia. I also belong to the school of thought that believes we need to give the police better logistics machinery. It does not make sense for us to have a situation where a police helicopter cannot be stationed in Mandera. I do not see why. I do not see why we do not have a police helicopter in each and every county. If I was to be asked, each and every county must have a police helicopter and more sophisticated weaponry. Why? That will ensure that in the event of an attack there will be rapid reaction. For example, in this instance it is said the police came all the way from Nairobi with a helicopter. They flew past 1p.m. To me that shows we have not given lots of money to our police. We had the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) the other day. One item that I noted was that we have allocated almost Kshs90 billion to our army. The itemisation of that allocation is towards payment of salaries. It is about recurrent expenditure. Capital expenditure was nil. I then asked myself: When you give Kshs90 billion to the army and the results you get are continuous attacks to Kenya, what is wrong? I would propose that some of that money be given to the police so that we ensure they have better equipment. Alternatively, we may have to do what Ethiopia and Uganda have done. We give the army some civilian duties that may include a duty to counter the Al Shabaab . The AlShabaab is not an internal threat per se . It is an external threat from Somalia. If that is the case, it therefore falls under the work of the army. Therefore, it is my view some of that money should be expended towards homeland security. It would also make more sense for us to recast various legal provisions and policy issues to ensure that the army can perform some of the duties in regard to protecting Kenyans locally. I have also noted the issue of security adequacy in some of our public institutions. We have read in the newspapers that there are people who have been plotting against us here in Parliament. I am not a security expert, but if that was to be the case, one would wonder as to whether the security within Parliament is adequate. There are several other institutions which are facing that imminent danger from various persons. If that was to be the case I would propose that we have more security. We flood this country with security officers. In such kind of an instance we may deter people with such bad minds. It does not make sense for Kenya to always be attacked when Ethiopia has never been attacked and Uganda had only one attack. I therefore call upon my friend, hon. Keter to second. If he is not in, I call upon hon. Jamleck Kamau to second."
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