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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support and would like to add my voice to this, because this is something that I am very familiar with and can relate to. A few months ago, university students that were studying for examinations in Eastleigh gave me a call in the middle of the night because they had been arrested on suspicion of being terrorists. They showed their university identification cards and said they were Kenyans studying for examinations, which is why they were still awake at that time. However, they were told that no identification would help them. They told the police that they were calling a Senator they knew from the Kenya Red Cross, and that I was going there, but they were told that no Senator could help them. I am so happy that this Statement has been brought, so that all Senators, and not just one, will help in this cause. Over and over again in this country, the victims continue to be victimised further. Radicalisation has been the excuse under which our police service has continued to mistreat our youths. One is doomed especially if they are of a certain profile, especially if they are young Muslims and live in a certain place. These were University of Nairobi students who were awake quite late, but were studying for examinations. They were locked in and we could not even get them out. For three days we camped at the Pangani Police Station and they missed their exams. When they got out, I had a dialogue with them and they asked me: “Would you blame us if we joined the Al Shaabab, which we were being accused of being members and yet we are not?” Such is the vicious cycle that radicalisation is being fuelled by our own authorities. Innocent youth have been victimised because of a certain profile, race or professing a certain religion. Instead of our youths being supported, because they have been victims of false accusations of radicalisation, they have actually been victimised further by being arrested. In the cases that have been mentioned by Sen. Faki, of Husni Mubarak, Khalifa bin Khalifa, Bashir and Farah, who have disappeared without trace, who knows what is happening to them? Behind these names and statistic are families and mothers. Women are right now organising themselves to counter violence and extremism. This is because they have realised that there is nobody on the side of their children. We, the women of this country, stand to condemn this. At no point will we allow these kinds of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings on a certain profile of our children. This is not the solution. As Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. said, we went to a breakfast meeting where we gave our views. Two weeks ago when I went to Isiolo County I looked for these county plans. I met with the Deputy County Commissioner who assured me that they have the plans and they will involve the Senate and I for having reached out to them. They have not yet reached out to me, but we will reach out to them. In the counties we come from, we know 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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