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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I want to respond to the clarification sought by the Leader of Majority Party and hon. Elmi on who ordered the storming of the mosque and the reason. I said this and you have also alluded to it. I wish to repeat that when the police officers called out using a public address system for the convenors of the conference to come out for a peaceful resolution of the issue, they were met by a hail of bullets and stones coming from the mosque. Hon. Speaker, supposing hon. Elmi or the Leader of Majority Party were the commanders of police, really when you get bullets from a mosque or a church the officers have all the rights to enter that place, arrest the people in there and deal with them according to the law. That does not only happen in Kenya, but all over the world. That is how the police operate. We regret that the police officers were not Muslims to enter the mosque. I know it is very hurting to people who profess the Islam faith. It is the same thing for Christians. The second clarification was sought by hon. Elmi. We work very closely and we also participate in meetings with the Cabinet Secretary because we engage them on various policy issues most of the time. I want to confirm that there are serious policies to reduce radicalization amongst our youth, especially in Eastleigh and Majengo in Mombasa. There are other places too, but those two places are where you get a lot of youths getting radicalized. Lastly, I will not oppose any option that you will choose. If you want us to choose the route of emotions, I have no problem. If you want us to work with the Committee on The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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