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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Islam. At that point in time, some of us were at our formative ages and that is why in many of the terrorist actions you can pin point a family or an individual that you know. Some of the people on the most wanted list were young men we grew up with in our neighbourhoods. So, when I talk about terrorism, it has affected us real time. So, we need to interrogate the narrative. As we said, it is a discussion for another day, but we also need to interrogate the causes of terrorism globally so that we can rescue event those youngsters who commit these senseless acts because some of them could have been engineers, doctors and men and women who could make a worthwhile contribution to society. I was listening to one of the spokespersons of one of these groups on the international media and he spoke one of the finest English I have ever heard. He was up to date with his vocabulary. When you looked at some of the Tweeter accounts that were held up and down, their grammar was up to date. So, it is not true to think that it is just one ordinary passenger here and there. We need to interrogate the entire narrative of terrorism so that we make the world safe for everybody. I think it is the collective duty of the entire humanity. Lastly, I would like to commend the leaders of this country who have helped to shift the narrative from the archaic thinking that terrorists and Muslims are synonymous. I think it was the bold statements of the President and the former Prime Minister who made it abundantly clear that this must be delineated from the Muslim community. What I must warn or urge the security forces is not to direct blanket victimization to the Muslim community either in Somalia or anywhere else in their pursuance of terrorists. As Sen. Billow said, intelligence apparatus must use intelligence guided crime fighting mechanisms so that we can arrest and punish those who are directly responsible for these actions. I really must caution against that blanket victimization. That is why some of us were extremely upset by that characterization of Eastleigh. We know that these are the people who we ultimately still represent in Mombasa, Nairobi and everywhere else in the country. If you go to those areas, you should exercise the highest diligence with respect to fundamental rights and other rights accorded by the Constitution of this Republic. I wish to support the Motion."
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