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    "id": 566970,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes I find myself in a very difficult position to repeat what we talked about a month ago. We continue having a good time in just talking. We should be prepared, accept and convince ourselves that terrorism is here to stay. It is only Kenyans themselves, without blaming anyone, who can stop terrorism from spreading unabated. It cannot be done by armed forces alone. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is not a conventional war and at no time will the terrorists face the defence forces of this country. Having known that, we must then be prepared to find the source where these people derive their power from. We also do not have to be shy about talking about ourselves. The young boys and girls who come from across the border to schools in Mandera and after doing their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination, they find their way to Nairobi for secondary schooling and then get Identity cards (IDs). When you are fighting terrorism or guerilla warfare, you must always beware that you may be eating with one of them anytime you are in the kitchen or talking here. We may be having the same people with us here and that is something that we have to acknowledge. However, if we continue as usual when a situation like this happens, where some of us get an opportunity to attack the system and Government as if it is a new thing---. We know our weaknesses, but we should not talk all the time about the things that we cannot do away with. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for anybody to come here and attack the hon. President that he has failed and that our systems have failed and it is said by legitimate people who are elected by the electorates in this country, that is obnoxious. I expect that we, as Senators, will continue checking on the system and tell them where they go wrong and not to just stand here and attack over something that cannot be stopped. Even the United States of America (USA) has been unable to stop terrorism, because it is an international political organization with the aim of leading this world. Let us be open and call a spade a spade. Muslims and Christians, in many years to come will compete in the world arena, to find out who will lead the world. This issue is not a simple matter. It started during the Jewish and Palestinian era. They continue giving themselves names until they discovered oil and it became a big issue because they now had money to spend and mislead people in any country. For us to say here that we will stop terrorists from attacking all the time, we are deceiving ourselves. What we need to do is to be prepared, that they can attack anywhere and they are everywhere. Let us not kid ourselves. If I may recall, during the Mau Mau, there was no way of eradicating them unless some of us also became part of them, to ensure that we understood their programme and strategies. In this country, if you ask a Muslim to join the Al Shabaab and inform us, they never accept. They say that they will be eliminated. We are not serious because if we 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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