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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. My profound and heartfelt condolences to all those members of the families and friends who have lost the 14 Kenyans in Mandera County. Again, I want to condemn this attack. Until and unless we respond to the call of national leadership in this country, then we are lying to ourselves. The problem is corruption. It is because of corruption within the police, in the Cabinet, the Office of the President and everywhere that Kenyans continue to lose their lives the way they are doing. The people of Mandera County, whether they are indigenous Somalis or migrant workers, the Luhyas, Luos or Kikuyus who die there, have a right to be given protection by none other than the Commander-in- Chief of the Defence Forces of Kenya. His name is His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta. I want to remind the President that he should now live in this world. On matters of insecurity, he should learn from Israel. When Israel is threatened security wise, they respond with purpose. I want to remind the President of what happened in 1976 when a French airline was hijacked by terrorists and landed in Entebbe. Israel responded by sending an elite force of their finest, led by Jonathan Yoni, with our support. They went for Yoni because one life lost in Israel is the loss of all the lives in Israel. How shameful it is that we are being treated to the usual drama and public relations of the Jubilee Government, that since we saved 138 lives the 14 lives that were lost do not matter? This cannot be right. I urge the Members of the National Assembly that this is the time, more than any other time, for them to formerly charge President Uhuru with impeachment and bring it here. We want to remove him, so that somebody who is capable can run the security of this country. It is not a laughing matter. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we were asked to approve Mr. Boinet for appointment to the office as the Inspector-General of Police, we were told that there was a disconnect between intelligence and action on intelligence. We were told there was poor working relationship between the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the police. Mr. Boinet was a former senior officer in the NIS. If it was a question of disconnect, why is he not acting on it now? You are lying to us. You want us to submit ourselves to your lies. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, did you see the foolishness that has been displayed in this country for almost seven days in the name of handling the challenges of alcoholism? Do they not have doctors and social scientists in the team which advises the President? We cannot tackle alcoholism in such an amateurish way as they are doing now. They have destroyed jobs and peoples’ life savings. The first thing would have been to determine which areas are producing the poisoned alcoholic drinks, then go for them. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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