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    "id": 835174,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "element of social problem which must be dealt with by communities before it graduates to terrorism. The formulation of county specific programme to counter radicalisation will ensure dealing with students at a personal level, thus address their fears and concerns. There is need to create fora for communities to engage in the conversation on countering violent extremism and develop relevant strategies that speaks to their context. The County Education Board, institution administrator, the security team under the county and the county commissioner and all concerned parties need to work together in order to win the war on radicalisation of the youth. To help in counter terrorism and violent extremism, preachers, community-based organisations, village elders and family members must all be involved. Thousands of youth are recruited into Al-Shabaab every year. Al Shabaab is mostly targeting secondary and university students, both male and female. Areas that are most affected by recruitment of Al Shabaab are north eastern, coastal regions, upper eastern region, and some areas in Nairobi, slums like Majengo. The former Nyanza Province and western Kenya regions have also become fertile regions for recruitment. This is mainly because of unemployment in our country. The clause also has a subclause on standardized curriculum to be taught. Religious Education Council should come up with a unified curriculum aimed at standardizing religious education in the county. The standardized curriculum will help in demystifying the fear that religious centres are breeding areas for radicalization. This will boost confidence for State agencies to forge a great working relationship with religious leaders. Once the curriculum is in place, qualified persons should be tasked to carry out quality assurance and monitor the delivery standards. There is need for students in the country to go through lessons that will prepare them both psychologically and socially, for the dangers that face them regarding radicalization. The Bill under Clause 12(f) also emphasizes on the need for the institutional staff to undergo training so that they are able to recognize vulnerable students who can easily be drawn into radicalization. Another important aspect mentioned in this amendment is the collaboration of the State offices with other stakeholders to design appropriate amnesty programmes and regulations to cater for students who turn back from radicalization. Mr. Temporary Speaker, we all know that our young people who have been recruited, once they come back, they are faced with many challenges, because of the stigma that they go through. That is why this Bill is mainly concerned with the young people in our country, so that we can prevent our youth and anybody being recruited into terrorism from the early stage. A socio-economic and demographic survey of Kenya’s returnees conducted by Supreme Council of Kenya Muslim (SUPKEM), Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Interior Security and Coordination of National Government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) done in 2014 in the coastal region, revealed there were 700 returnees from Somalia. There is need to devise a strategy to integrate such individuals into the society without them being discriminated against. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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