{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=264","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=262","results":[{"id":2621,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2621/?format=json","text_counter":312,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I think we must start taking the security of this country seriously. Before our forces moved into Somalia, there were various insurgents entering this country in the north. Apart from that an English tourist was killed in Lamu. Barely two weeks later, a French lady was captured by the same gang. One asks himself: Where were the Kenyan security forces? I am not talking about the Army. We knew and have always known that we have a neighbour who is harbouring some terrorist groups. What has the security agents in this country done to ensure that these people do not cross the border and do what they did? Therefore, the Army is doing a good job, but our security must ensure that our borders are safe. We should not have allowed the terrorist groups do what they did in Lamu."},{"id":2622,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2622/?format=json","text_counter":313,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya and Somalia are two neighbouring countries that are friends. Truly, a problem with your neighbour is your problem. But we must be careful when handling the Somalia problem. We need to understand that the interest of this country comes first. Why am I saying this? It is because we do not want ever again to have our youth dying in Somalia because somehow we were not as prudent as it is happening now. This war is definitely a very expensive affair for this country. No country looks forward to going into any war with anybody."},{"id":2623,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2623/?format=json","text_counter":314,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue is that whether we like it or not, the terrorist gangs in Somalia truly cannot be in isolation. This country must be careful never to get embroiled in a situation where the international terrorists all the way in Afghanistan; Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab, take Kenya as an enemy. This is because that is a war that we may not be able to win. America, the western world and Europe have not won it and we are not in any way better equipped to deal with that kind of a situation. In this regard, therefore, we must have a very clear timeline and agenda on what we are achieving. We must be very clear that we are going to Somalia and our agenda is one, two and three. Once that agenda is achieved, our children must come back to this country and ensure that we protect our borders such that the insurgents never come in again."},{"id":2624,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2624/?format=json","text_counter":315,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"We are talking of Lamu Port, but one wonders what port we are talking about if truly these terrorists can slip into the country. Can this Government assure Kenyans that the so-called Al Shabaab is not within our midst? I am asking this question because there have been stories or information that there was a threat on the last national holiday. We have seen some terrorist explorations. Can this Government assure Kenyans that whatever we are doing in Somalia--- We are fighting using jets and bombs, but what have we done about the likely insurgents that may be within us? I want to say that our forces have done a good job and we should make this war very short."},{"id":2625,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2625/?format=json","text_counter":316,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let others in this world who believe in the peace of this world truly come in through the proposal given here."},{"id":2626,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2626/?format=json","text_counter":317,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"You have run out of time, Eng. Maina!"},{"id":2627,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2627/?format=json","text_counter":318,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me conclude my statement."},{"id":2628,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2628/?format=json","text_counter":319,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Conclude in half a minute!"},{"id":2629,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2629/?format=json","text_counter":320,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I know that you are a religious man and I knew that you would oblige."},{"id":2630,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2630/?format=json","text_counter":321,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eng. Maina","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":75,"legal_name":"Ephraim Mwangi Maina","slug":"ephraim-maina"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate our forces and wish that this war ends quickly. We also wish that in future our borders are safe."}]}