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    "id": 610924,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/610924/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
        "slug": "yusuf-chanzu"
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    "content": "Every time something happens, the Government says they are going to apprehend those who have committed the offence. They say that yet people have already died. We should be proactive. The Committees dealing with security in this Parliament need to device some method to advise the Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary alone as an entity may not have as much information as all these Members put together. So, there should be an open session like when we normally have a Kamukunji, but a lengthy one where Members can make suggestions. Locally, Members understand the situation and the root causes of these problems. However, somebody else appointed like a Cabinet Secretary does not know the area and he may not have a solution to these problems. We require sophisticated equipment and surveillance in these places. It is interesting that once an incident happens, everybody forgets about it. Even in our own villages, we forget and then we are ambushed like what Mheshimiwa is talking about. So, the Committees on security must work very closely with the Ministry. Now that we are approaching the issue of coming up with budgets, we need to propose equipment which can do this not in a reactive way but proactively before these kinds of calamities befall people. I remember there was a time when massacres happened in Bungoma. When we were talking about the events in Bungoma, they had shifted to a place in Busia. From there you hear they have now shifted to the Coast, Kapedo and other areas. So, the Government must be proactive in all these matters. That is why one of the main reasons why the Government is elected is to take care of the security of the"
}