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    "content": "Government. We must be patriotic and support our forces. The operational nature and what they are doing at the site of the operation is something that I am not qualified to talk about and I do not think that most of the Senators in this House are qualified to speak about it. The operational tactics is something that we should leave to our forces and support them. The reason why the CS, Maj (Rtd.) Nkaissery, Inspector-General Boinet and other Government officers have gone to visit those people is to give them moral support. This is what happens to responsible Cabinet Secretaries. This is what happens to commanders of the army. They must go to the operational site so that the morale of the forces there can be boosted. Had Maj. (Rtd.) Nkaissery not gone to Garissa, people would allege that he is not taking that situation seriously. But when he goes to Garissa, he is being criticized for not sitting in his office. I disagree with Sen. Wetangula on this bit. I think they must be on the scene of crime to give orders from the operational site. Madam Temporary Speaker, we should be patriotic and support these forces. We should give constructive criticism and not forget that this not an opposition or Government issue; this is a Kenyan matter that must be faced holistically. Madam Temporary Speaker, a good example has been given about Ethiopia. It is true that Ethiopians deal with terrorism ruthlessly. One of the reasons they are able to do that is because nobody is going to start jumping around and talking about human rights as if terrorists have any. Let us be ruthless. Terrorists do not have rights because they are not human."
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