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    "content": "This country has been a victim of terrorist attacks right from 1980s when we had the Norfolk Hotel attacks. We also had attacks at the American Embassy where my Ministry is housed, we had attacks in Kikambala in Mombasa and there have been several attacks both in Nairobi, Kampala and Dar-es-Salaam. No one is safe from terrorists including super powers such as the United States of America who have the most advanced technology and security systems. We saw the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York on 11th September, 2001. This shows that, indeed, terrorists are no respecters of persons or nations including super powers. No one is safe from them and what we need is a concerted effort to ensure that we have a global approach towards terror. The world has become a global village and as a nation living in this village, we need to be a responsible member of the village by ensuring that we do our bit through legislation to provide the necessary legal framework to combat terrorism. That is what this Bill seeks to do by ensuring that for the first time, we put in place measures to detect and prevent terrorist activities. We have heard cases in this country where youth are being recruited to join the Al Shabaab and the Al Qaeda and we had no mechanisms of preventing this. However, through this Bill, terrorist activities will now be curtailed through clear provisions. If you look at clauses 5, 6, 7 and 8, you will see that there are clear provisions on persons who will engage in terrorism through concealment of property and provision of support to terrorists. All this will attract very serious penalties. This will help us prevent terrorist activities and hold into account those who will engage in such activities. We know that there have been concerns, particularly with Part IV of this proposed Bill. Through the consultations that have taken place, I believe that we can address these concerns through the proposed amendments. We just want to assure the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) which had also raised concerns regarding our Muslim brothers that this Bill is for the good of all Kenyans. It targets no particular community and we need to prepare to combat terrorism. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as our Defence Forces close in on Kismayu, terrorists are planning to attack. We must congratulate our security agencies for what they are doing to detect in time and prevent terrorists from attacking Kenyans. They have attacked us right in the heart of Nairobi; that is Moi Avenue which is not far from the Parliament Buildings. They have capacity to strike anywhere in this country and beyond. Therefore, through this Bill, we believe that we will have the necessary legal framework to combat terrorism. I do support this Bill."
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