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    "content": "on national cohesion and former Speaker Kaparo’s efforts to ensure that his commission does an effective job. My final conclusion was that the efforts being made by former Speaker Francis Xavier ole Kaparo are being done in a context where other security organs whose work Mr. Kaparo should complement, are actually ignoring him all together. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the problem in this nation with national cohesion especially with regard to peace is not the absence of peace but the prevalence of insecurity. Articles 238 and 239 of our Constitution are very specific on matters of national security. Article 238 deals with the principles of national security while Article 239 deals with national security organs among which the NCIC does not feature. Although as a national cohesion and integration organ, it has the mandate as Mr. Kibunjia consistently tried to demonstrate that it is there to keep the public in check so that people who utter words or promote movements that may be inimical to national security or cohesion were then brought to book by the Commission. However, when insecurity erupts between my colleague, Sen. Sang’s people in Nandi and our people in Kisumu, it is not the responsibility at that point in time for Mr. ole Kaparo to jet in and try to create peace because he does not have the instruments to do so. In fact, the Constitution does not give him the mandate to do so. The NCIC is really about the software of insecurity not the hardware of insecurity. What would Mr. Kaparo do to disengage two armed groups across the boundaries of Nandi and Kisumu? Nothing! So, I would rather we recognise the division of labour created in the Constitution and deal with it as such. I am very glad that my dear friend, Sen. Sang, is the incoming Governor for Nandi because we see things in the same way when it comes to issues of conflict across our borders. It simply means that the national and county Government should be interdependent. The Constitution says that we have two separate but interdependent governments; one at the national and the other at the county level. Although security is a function of the national Government, implementing or dealing with insecurity when it erupts calls for interdependence between the county and the national Government. The national Government cannot wish away the existence of a county government in matters of insecurity. The county government, unfortunately for the national Government, has the jurisdictional function to make sure that its borders are safe even if the Constitution does not give it the security instruments to do so. Sen. Elachi would have rather brought an amendment to this article of the Constitution or the operationalization of problems of insecurity in reality. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Bill is full of proposals on how the NCIC can engage in peace building. We cannot engage in peace building unless we are dealing with peace destruction. The peace has been destroyed so that you build it. It also states, “Develop a monitoring track mechanism for all peace building projects in the country.” There is nobody better placed to tell you about peace in an area than a village administrator, ward administrator or representative or an Administration Police (AP) stationed at a border who knows who is breaking peace, when and how. 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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