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    "id": 451953,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "This had a twin effect of increasing the cost of doing business and also the cost of living in this country. Indeed, it had choke-hold effect on maritime operations and logistics, which is the lifeblood of not only the Kenyan economy, but also the hinterland of the East Africa Community and beyond. The cost of shipping and insurance skyrocketed, and all this ended with the Operation Sledgehammer on 28th September, 2012. The KDF took Kismayu but that has not been celebrated enough. Today, much of the peace and security that we enjoy is because of the end of the incursions from southern Somalia into Kenya by the Al Shabaab and their positioning on our borders. Even though we still have this phenomenon that continues to haunt us, that operation needs to be celebrated and endorsed. We now have a strong ally against Al Shabaab in the name of the Jubaland leadership. We also have a strong ally against Al Shabaab in the Somali national Government. What then is Al Shabaab? We may want to focus exclusively on this band of criminals and think that we will end all of our problems. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Al Shabaab, as has been pronounced by its leadership is part and parcel of the Al Qaeda global terrorist network. As we know or have been told since 11th September, 2001 it is an organization that seeks to establish a global outfit using regions. In fact, “ Al Qaeda” means “the base”. So, the global outfit seeks to establish bases all over the planet from which to spread its philosophy. The Eastern seaports of the African continent are where the Al Shabaab has had its foothold; its foot soldiers are based there. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this phenomenon needs to be interrogated very carefully because it is not only the phenomenon of Al Shabaab in the eastern seaports. The AlQaeda in its planning and machinations have developed a strategy to traverse the entire continent of Africa in order to establish themselves on it, and create the kind of---"
}