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    "id": 515079,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I also join my fellow colleagues in passing my condolences to the people of Mandera County. I also appreciate this Motion of Adjournment by the Senator for Mandera. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a maxim that I have read that madness is doing the same thing the same way and expecting different results. I remember when I was at the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights (KNCHR) matters of radicalization of young people were still nascent. I know that Sen. Dullo will recall that sometimes Aboud Rogo and Sheikh Makaburi would be arrested and would come to the KNCHR for legal assistance, because that was a place that was open to everybody. We realized that there was such an inbuilt belief or doctrine. Therefore, we set out on a mission to explore how best to deal with these evolving challenges and insecurity. People have decided to align their strategy with respect to the reality of terrorism and radicalization. It is only Kenya that assumes that it can do the same thing the same way and achieve different results. We have bravado in our political offices and in the house on the hill and yet Al-Shabaab ridicules us every day. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Orengo alluded to a video that has been posted by Al-Shabaab, clearly demonstrating how the Mpeketoni attacks were executed and in that, they mocked the President a couple of times. We invite some of these problems ourselves. Today, western countries and other counties have decided not to support our quest to fight terror because of irresponsible political statements that have been made by our leaders. We have met representatives of some of these governments and we have asked them how come you have decided to alienate Kenya yet terrorism is a global phenomenon. They said that it is our own political leaders who say that this is not a crime of terrorism. Again, an Inspector-General, appointed hardly a few days ago, said that this is not a crime of terrorism. Therefore, when these countries are of the view if a local political network can have this capacity, then which citizenry of ours is safe? Therefore, it is about re-aligning our strategy and having a comprehensive strategy, being realistic and stop these theatrics and bravado which we exercise in Nairobi in our comfort zones. We must de-radicalize the young people and challenge the narrative of radicalization. We must challenge these ideologies and disengage our troops from Somalia and capacitate the Somali National Army. Countries like the United States of America (USA) have pulled out of war fronts so that they can make their borders safer. This is a country with a military of almost 60,000-70,000 of hardly sophisticated military, telling us that they can sustain an indefinite occupation of another country. We also have to reach out to constituencies that are important in terms of the war on terror. President Obama, on assuming office, reached out to the Muslim community and not just through rhetoric but through real action; through the respect of the Constitution. I was extremely keen on the outcome of a pre-dominantly Somali Muslims polling station in Kajiado because Muslim leaders from the Jubilee Coalition had gone severally to speak to them. In fact, leaders from the Coalition for Reforms and 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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