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    "id": 543547,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "understandable to have the kind of emotions we are experiencing here. It is because people are feeling frustrated. Sometimes the Government has knee-jerk reactions to very serious issues like this one. We passed in this House the Victim Protection Act which I sponsored. It provides for the setting up of a fund to take care of the victims like the ones we have seen. Instead, the Government is sort of giving out money like it is charity. It is not charity; it is a right under that law and we must appropriate funds as Parliament to make sure we do not operate that way. It is unfortunate that issues of terrorism are always linked to the issue of corruption. Unless we deal decisively with the issue of corruption, we will always see these issues happening all the time. That is why I was even horrified when today we passed a Report that seemed to suggest that the Committee of Powers and Privileges does not have mandate on issues of corruption and yet it actually does. For that reason, I did not support that report even though I was not on record. We need to take the issue of terrorism seriously. I listened to a security expert saying that even at a basic level in this Parliament most of us do not even know where that door is leading to. I think the Government is not taking these issues seriously. If as a Parliament we do not have concerns or knowledge, what about secondary schools? The other day, we lost a girl because of a stampede; there were no proper exits. Finally, I want to tell Members that the people who are causing these, their main aim is to divide this country along religious lines. When we react the way we are reacting, we are actually falling into the trap of terrorists. I am a Christian and I maybe aggrieved, but let us remember that we should not follow the script of the terrorists. Kenya is greater. Let us not move in that direction. I will not speak populist language; I will speak a language that unites this country. Let us remember that on the whole, Christians and Muslims have lived well."
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