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    "id": 505824,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M.D. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Dahir Duale",
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    "content": "As leaders, we should not take that direction. Rather, we should try to correct the situation so that we remain as one country. The reason why we are one nation is to enable the people to work wherever they are. There have been issues of the presence of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in Somalia. There have been statements saying that we should withdraw our forces. I want to tell this House that the KDF in Somalia is part of AMISOM. We have troops from Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Sierra Leon, and Djibouti. From all those nations, it is only Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia that borders Somalia. Others do not. One time, the Uganda Defence Force lost 70 men in Mogadishu in one incident and yet, they did not border Somalia directly. The issue of terrorism is a global issue. It is something we all wish away. We have to address it together as a nation. We cannot put blame on certain regions, tribes or religions. In my constituency, there are places I cannot go because I fear for my life. The same applies to Members of Parliament from those areas. We were in Wajir last week and we got information that there was an attempt to burn the Diesel Powered Generator in Wajir Town. This was an action that Al Shabaab wanted to do. The activities they are doing include economic sabotage, creating inter-religious and inter-ethnic conflicts. We should be careful not to fall into their traps. The issue of the curfew in Lamu after the Mpeketoni incident was a very sad one because many Kenyans lost their lives. However, having a curfew in Lamu for the last six months is not going to help. The people in Lamu depend on tourism, fishing and trade. When you put a curfew from 6.00 a.m. to 6.00p.m., then you will have literally killed the economy of those people. They have become poorer, impoverished and that is not going to help this country."
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