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    "content": "As I mentioned to this House last week, Al Shaabab’s capability to wage conventional warfare is greatly degraded. The militia has, therefore, resorted to guerilla tactics. This includes the use of grenades, improvised explosive devices and sporadic shootings to attack business premises, security forces and members of the public. We experienced such an attack on business premises along Moi Avenue in Nairobi on Monday, this week. Let it be clear to the whole world that the Government and the people of Kenya have unwavering commitment to protect their sovereignty, safety and property against any internal and external threats. We value our freedoms, rights, peace, stability and prosperity as enshrined in our Constitution and we will not surrender those values and ideals to terrorists. In order to guarantee maximum security to all Kenyans and visitors, the Government has taken the following measures to improve the security architecture: (1) A well programme to install CCTV cameras in major urban areas is being rolled out. (2) Security agencies are conducting 24-hour area surveillance on sensitive areas. We have increased the number of patrols and inspection of speed boats and merchant ships. (3) Additional security personnel and motor vehicles have been deployed to the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit. (4) Security agencies conduct constant supervision of vital installations including markets, shopping malls and hotels and we are stepping up our surveillance and conducting stop, search and detain operations across the country. External vigilance by Members of the public and security agencies remains the best shield against terrorism. This calls for close cooperation between members of the public and the security agencies by way of information sharing. Fighting terrorism requires a combination of legal and operational capabilities to be effective. The time is now, to put in place a robust legal framework to better enable our security agencies to confront and defeat terrorism. It is now time to soberly debate and enact an Anti- Terrorism Bill; combining effective anti-terrorism techniques which respect the rule of law, human rights and freedoms. I wish to appeal to all Kenyans to learn to stay away from scenes of terrorist attacks. Presence of huge crowds around such scenes compromises the ability of emergency services to rapidly respond to the situation. Crowds also render scenes contaminated for purposes of investigations. Some terrorist attacks are sequenced such that the first terrorist attack is to attract more people to the scene before more terror is unleashed. I want to inform the international community that Kenya is still a safe place to visit for pleasure or business. We urge all friendly nations to refrain from issuing travel advisories to their citizens with respect to Kenya. Kenya is experiencing terrorist attacks due to its role in standing up to the terrorists that threatened the national peace and prosperity. We are under attack for defending the international community against terrorists."
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