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    "content": "development, there is more insecurity and where there is better development, there is always a strategy by government to protect property and people. Given the fact that this area is largely underdeveloped, we will find prevalence of insecurity. As a Senate, we, therefore, must do what is rightfully the role of the Senate. We must walk that step while dealing with our issues of insecurity. We must deal with the issues of Kenyan citizens who might have been displaced or dislocated over the years. That is our obligation. Once we integrate them and give them that sense of livelihood, those crimes that we allege them to commit, they will not commit them. Most of us do not commit crimes because we have opportunities in life. If you sometimes look at the correlation of crime, it is because people lack opportunity in a diverse sense. Therefore, when we restore them, we should compensate them so that we can help them have a take off in their lives. We do not expect to integrate them to commit crimes in this country. That is very simplistic thinking. Just by virtue that this country is facing the kind of challenges that it is facing, it must never underestimate or overlook its obligations under the Constitution. Civil rights and human rights suffer when we have a legacy where these rights are procrastinated or abrogated on account of insecurity. Madam Temporary Speaker, greatest human rights thinkers, including this person you probably could have quoted know that in the preservation of security or as a right, you do not abrogate other rights that accrue to individuals. Be they refugees, they deserve natural justice and not blanket victimization. When a particular refugee has committed a crime, we should pursue them and punish them because there are hundreds and thousands of others who do not commit crimes. It is simplistic just on account of figures of who has moved in and out of these camps to allege that the entire refugee community is committing crimes and particularly those who are of Kenyan extract. I want to inform Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that my wife comes from Somalia. Her origin is Mogadishu and I think it is important that as we pursue life, we also realize that there are potentialities that people bring in this country and the status that we position them on, cannot be used to deny them the participation in terms of living a full life and development in their lives. I know refugees who have graduated from Nairobi and Moi universities with degrees. There is a section of refugees that possibly are committing crimes, but there is a larger section that is doing productive development of their families. There are countless refugees in our classes. There are countless refugees who were in Kenya from South Sudan who are now building South Sudan. So, I think it is important for us to rationalize this fact; the preservation of security must never abrogate our fundamental obligation to preserve the rights of everybody. The right of a Kenyan is one that we will defend to the very last. If there are 12, 000 Kenyans in the refugee camps, they must be integrated into the political, social and economic life of this country, with or without security. There are many people who are committing crimes in this country across the board. Recently there was insecurity in Western Kenya. Did we say that a certain group of people were contributing to insecurity in the country? Let us not be simplistic in our thinking. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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