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    "id": 390709,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "Secondly, I was in Brussels when this tragedy occurred over the weekend. This issue has touched the whole world; everybody is discussing it and seeing the face of terrorism as visited against our country. It did bring out the strong part of Kenya. Again, like hon. Senators who have spoken before me, I want to applaud very highly our armed forces and the very ordinary Kenyans who have been of great help to the disciplined forces. It is important that we should recognize and appreciate the work that has been done across the races by the Asians, Africans, Europeans and everybody else in this country, who came together to help the people who have suffered so much. It was very touching seeing an elderly lady who runs a business in Westlands of selling Githeri and tea giving away her food voluntarily and for free, so that she can alleviate the pain and suffering that is going on in the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue I would like to address is that of corruption. Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki or Sen. Wetangula mentioned about the issue of immigration. We have deported known international drug lords from this country and they find their way back through the borders, not porous borders, but through formal immigration routes and they are allowed to come in. This is a very worrying trend because the same routes that are used by the drug barons are the same routes that will be used by known terrorists in the world who find their way to wreck this kind of havoc. It is unfortunate that Sen. Sonko was not able to finish what he was saying because it is possible that some people are known to be terrorists and yet they are harbored in our country. This is for a very simple reason, corruption at different levels either with the relevant officers or even with ordinary Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in certain European countries, if you have a visitor coming to visit you – we think that European countries are not police states – but there are European countries where you cannot have a visitor without registering them with the local police force so that they know who is there and what is happening. The other issue I would like to address is that of refugees in our country. Kenya is a multi-ethnic country. We have the largest refugee camp in the world at Dadaab. This and other refugee camps in this country could be our problem. Kenya is becoming extremely destabilized because of its location and what is expected of it from the international community. We have done what we ought to do as a community of nations, but time has come when Kenya cannot continue to carry the burden of the world on its back without the rest of the world recognizing or helping out in this very difficult situation. It is time for us to start thinking whether we can continue harboring the refugees in this country when other countries continue not to share the burden of refugees with us when we know that these are some of the areas through which we find this influx of terrorists in our country. When terrorism rears its very ugly head like it has---"
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