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    "speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I thank Hon. Bernard from Nandi Hills Constituency for this Special Motion. Some colleagues are saying that we should return our forces from the Africa Union Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Those forces should remain where they are. Terrorism is the weapon of the weak against the strong. Planting IEDs on roadsides and attacking isolated villages sporadically is just showing the weakness of Al Shabaab . You may wish to know that the Al Shabaab is being chased out of Somalia. They are defeated. They are on the run. As Kenya, we should not give them a sanctuary. So far, we have lost close to 21 persons over the last two months - 10 KDF soldiers, five Kenya Police Reservists, and five civilians. That is not a small number killed by enemies. For that reason, I want to say that we, the Kenyan people, know that terrorism is about targeting people when they are vulnerable. A good example is the attack on the Garissa University in 2015. Our people must rise up for that reason, particularly the people of northern Kenya. We should not just leave it to the security forces to handle these things. We should provide intelligence to the Government by volunteering information on suspected characters in our midst and getting more of our people to talk to the youth, particularly elders and imams. The Al Shabaab ride on radicalisation. We may continue to face this menace so long as we do not address the issue of radicalisation, and people will help this thing to thrive. I join Hon. Sigei in saying that Prof. Kindiki is doing a good job. We see Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) being used. I think we want to have more of these vehicles so that our soldiers are not on soft-skinned land cruisers and lorries that are easy targets of IEDs. There are those saying we should use gadgets to pick out the IEDs. It may be quite difficult at this point in time. What is important is vigilance and rapid changeover of our soldiers so that those who have finished six months in those operation areas can be relieved. At every point in time, we should have fresh boots on the ground. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the attacks in north-eastern Kenya and the Coast regions have recurred at a time when the Cabinet Secretary for Defence is Aden Duale; the National Intelligence Service Director-General is Noordin Haji; the Director, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is Amin Mohammed; the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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