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    "id": 543501,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/543501/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamau",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 35,
        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
        "slug": "jamleck-kamau"
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    "content": "colleague from Murang’a County, hon. Irungu Kang’ata said, the issues that are before this country at this time to do with terrorism must be fought by all Kenyans. Terrorists do not know religion, race or colour. Once they strike, they do not care who they are killing. It is so regrettable that these people are coming to kill our own children who do not even understand what is there between this country and Somalia. I must agree that the specialized Recce Unit needs to be expanded and even offered more training. This is because that team appears to be able to take care of terrorists. Once they went there, within 45 minutes they were able to extinguish all those terrorists and all was well. I am told it is 17 minutes. When I was told that they were being paid Kshs500 as an allowance, it sank my heart. The Government must come up with proper mechanisms on how these people who are risking their lives to save our own people can be remunerated in a better way. I suggest that this House sits down through the Budget and Appropriations Committee and comes up with a budget for them so that they can be able to be paid properly. The other issue that shocked me was that of their transportation. How it took them all those hours to get to Garissa and they were ready 30 minutes after the attack has shocked so many Kenyans. Indeed, it is important for us to have some specialized choppers for them so that once there is an attack anywhere they can respond within the shortest time possible so that they can be able to deal with the terrorists. The Government needs to look into the issue of corruption within those working in our borders in the Department of Immigration. There will come a time when in recognition of our students, we will come up with a policy whereby all those university students who are graduating and who would be willing to join the Immigration Department will be trained and offered some courses that deal with terrorism and security. When you go to other countries, you find that immigration officials are police officers. It has come to a time when this country will also need to have that because these are people who can take care of the country properly. On the issue of Dadaab camp, my thinking is that the camp should be closed as soon as possible. It should be closed like yesterday. The camp should be taken inside Somalia so that we can have our border taken care of properly. If this is the area where terrorists are training to kill our people, I think it is only a Government which does not understand what it is doing that would want to keep this camp there. Let the camp be taken to Somalia so that these terrorists can do their business there. Finally, I urge the Government to ensure that hospital bills are taken care of. At the end of the day, it is not their mistake that they were attacked."
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