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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also support this Motion and thank the Mover, Sen. Billow. I also give my profound condolences to the families and friends who have lost their loved ones and the country at a large. This attack has touched the country, its head and everybody else. Therefore, it is not right to think that people do not care. It is the responsibility of the Government to safeguard the lives of people of its country. However, we cannot say that blindly. If we look at what is happening in the whole world today, terrorism is not a preserve of Kenya. Unfortunately, we are bordering Somalia where the terrorists are. We know that Boko Haram, Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda are part of this network. We cannot, therefore, equate our country’s security with other countries neither can we say the Jubilee Government has failed. We need to fight terrorism together. The Opposition should be striving to help us confront terrorism in this country. However, it is as if some people have got a reason to bash the Government for the sake of politics. We cannot politicize insecurity. Lives are being lost. It is as if some people delight when these lives are lost so that they can start blaming the Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just the other day, 200 people were killed in Nigeria. They just had elections. We thought that now the problem had been solved. Far from it, terrorists are terrorists. They are still attacking. Similarly, Israel and Tunisia have the same problem. So, wasting our time just bashing the Government instead of saying “Let us do it this way, we also have been thinking that this is how it should be done.” We are all Kenyans and we are all hurting. Whenever a strategy is done, some people say, “No, this is not the way to do it.” Alcoholism, like terrorism, has killed so many people. Unfortunately, this is the case mainly in central Kenya and parts of the former Eastern Province. Maybe, to some people, that is not killings. We should fight all forms of killings, be it as a result of alcoholism or terrorism caused by Al Shabaab. It is our responsibility to do it. Please, let us not politicize insecurity. At the same time, I would like to ask our brothers and sisters in the north eastern region, particularly in Mandera and surrounding areas to also be part of protecting those non-locals or people who come from other areas. How comes that they are the only ones who are being killed? They go there to support the economy, for instance, teachers and the quarry workers. They should assimilate them in the community. It looks as if there is isolation. 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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