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    "content": "be free. So, I hope that Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo’s noble idea will not be misused by getting the wrong people on the right job. That can equally be disastrous. Finally, in the judgement that the five Judges gave yesterday, they said that it is not really the absence of laws that is bringing insecurity in the country. It is the lack of the will and use of the appropriate tools without corruption and serving with dedication. I hope that the Jubilee Government will now wake up to this fact; that there is insecurity in the country. I am looking at the face of a man I admire, Sen. G.G Kariuki, whom I sit with in the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations. The bottom line is the sense of patriotism and selfishness in the security forces that can take us where we belong. Sitting in that Committee, the Government has to review how we use our security forces and the kind of equipment we give them. The worst case that we found in Mandera is that in order for one to get petrol or to service a motor vehicle, one has to drive a car from Mandera to Garissa or somewhere in Elwak which is about 400 kilometers away. By the time one comes back, it obviously cannot deal with situations where there is danger. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that I want to point out is that; sometimes, putting the right people in the right job, at the right place and in the right time may make a big difference. In Mandera, we found out that an officer who had been deployed about three months earlier, as opposed to the officer who was there previously, made a tremendous change in the security situation in there. What the Jubilee Government needs to do when making political appointments is to, probably, have a basis of looking at certain regions. However, when you are deploying public officers, please, look at the entire nation as a whole and know that the people from Kakamega are just as good as the people from Kiambu. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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