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    "id": 624642,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "I apologise, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thought we would not even have time to discuss this Report. I support the Report and take note of the President’s Report on state of national security. From the outset, I want to thank His Excellency the President, the Deputy President, the Cabinet Secretary, the Inspector-General of Police and the service commanders for a job well-done. There are two or three major threats in this country and one is terrorism perpetrated by AlShabaab . This has been evident from the time we had problems in Mandera, the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) at the coast and terrorist issues in Mpeketoni. We have neutralised those issues. We have serious patrols along the Kiunga-Garsen-Malindi Road by serious military officers. We have had complaints from the public that these people are tough and are securing that area. Secondly, on cattle rustling, Members of Parliament from those areas must be commended because they formed a peace caravan and have managed to reduce cattle rustling cases by about 98 per cent. We only have a small problem in Isiolo and some parts of Samburu North and we are going to tackle that problem as from next week. There is also the issue of urban crime and the police are on top of this. We want them to work harder than they are doing. Alcoholism has killed so many people than terrorism. Those are the threats we have especially in Central Province. I would like to thank those that I have mentioned, namely, my Committee Members and the Members of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations which provided us with legislative guidance to ensure that we have better laws to manage security in this country. We had a big problem in El Adde and it is being handled by the AMISOM and the African Union (AU). In future, we may not face those kinds of threats. With those remarks, thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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