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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what we are discussing here is not a North Eastern Province problem but a Kenyan problem. It is not something that should be left to Mr. Affey and hon. Members from northern Kenya. This is a Kenyan problem and it is something that we must confront as a country to write the wrongs of the past. This being the National Assembly of Kenya, we want to support this Motion wholeheartedly by saying that time has come when, as a country, we must write the wrongs of the past. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I listened to Mr. Duale the other day speaking on a similar Motion. He said that there are young Kenyans who have lost hope because life has become unbearable in northern Kenya. So, they have decided to cross over to Somalia to go and fight there. How unbearable would life be that one would want to go to Somalia to fight with Al Shabaab or rather die fighting there than continue living in a life of hopelessness and the problems they are facing? This is not something that we should be laughing about. It is not something that we say that it will only affect the people of northern Kenya. What if these young men come back, battle-hardened killing machines that have fought alongside Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab in Somalia? They will return home armed. They will not stay in northern Kenya because nothing will prevent them from coming to Nairobi. When they come, we will not be talking about Mungiki cutting off people’s heads or people walking around in groups sniffing snuff but we would be talking about serious menace to our national security. Time has come for us to speak as one nation, support northern Kenya and write the wrong of the past. I do support this Motion and I also second it. I also urge the Government to support it."
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