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"speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to say that I support this very important Bill. Secondly, I want to congratulate the Minister for bringing it at the right time. With my security service background, I can say that this is a very important Bill for this country. We must not forget 7th August 1998 when we lost 220 Kenyans. We must not forget what happened in the United States of America (USA) on 11th September, 2001. We must not forget what happened in Kikambala. We must not forget what happened in Garrissa the other day. We have to be very careful to protect the rights of our citizens, but we must be effective. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to tell you something, you cannot fight terrorism conventionally. This Bill addresses the strategies we will use to fight this terrorism. Therefore, in order to combat terrorism we have to have a Bill like this. When you look at Article 37, I do not think there is a problem there but it should not be used to harass the innocent. I think that law has been addressed appropriately. Terrorists do not respect human life and, therefore, we have to deal with them. We know there is a lot of money going round. The terrorists can buy anybody. I am very happy that on 1st May, OBL was eliminated from the face of the earth. For those who do not know who OBL is, it is Osama bin Laden who was the father of terrorism. So, you remember what happened. I want you to give me just one extra minute. Do you know what happened in 1998? The terrorists who took part in that bombing came to Kenya in 1994. They married our girls and created a fishing company. They came to Mombasa in 1996 and started importing terrorist hardware. Then they carried out the act in 1998. So, despite the fact that we want to amend this Bill, we have to be careful so that we take the security of the citizens in this country---"
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