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    "id": 507536,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issue of community involvement is quite critical. If you look at what happened in Iraq, you will see that Americans had to get some people into their side by influencing the local leadership. This is the same thing they did in Afghanistan. You cannot, just by throwing artillery, succeed. You must involve the local leadership. We are members of Parliament. We have local leadership on the ground. If seven days after that bus attack, we have not even had an opportunity to sit with the Inspector General of Police or the Minister; that shows that nobody bothers about the leadership on the ground. This does not mean that we have no ideas. Everyone here has ideas, particularly the local leadership. These people pass through communities so as to enter places. They must have ideas and it is important that the Government officials who are in charge of the security docket engage with the leadership. This is very important. There is no way the status quo can continue on the ground with regard to the security situation. If with all the information, explosions keep on happening, there is need to overhaul the local administrative and security structure that is on the ground. 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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