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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is critical and strategic for Kenya to support security in Somalia. Security in Somalia is very important for own freedom, prosperity and stability politically. More than that, out of our own African brotherhood, being an immediate neighbour of Somalia and out of humanity and care of our brothers, we must address the Somali crisis. The world at large is guilty of having let Somalia go to the dogs all these years. It is really high time, the world and, most of all, the African nations, through, IGAD and AU, did what they have to do to ensure that we have peace, and security in Somalia. The human race should have done more in Somalia. This problem has persisted for over a decade. I was a young student back in 1994 in the United States of America, when American forces were in Somalia and they were killed, and they were being dragged in the streets of Mogadishu. It made news for a whole week. That was the day the whole world, turned their back on Somalia. Yes, a few American forces were killed and they were dragged on the streets of Mogadishu. However, thousands of Somalis were killed during that war."
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our conscience should have been perturbed so that when we look at the crisis in Somalia, we should not just turn our backs simply because a few white American soldiers were killed and dragged in the streets of Mogadishu. Even African nations, including the immediate neighbours like Kenya, Ethiopia, Eretria and Djibouti did not do enough to ensure the safety and security of the Somali people. It is now time, if nothing else, out of guilt, for the whole world to come and rescue Somalia as they have rescued other parts of this world, which have fallen, or which have been in a very chaotic situation, from Sierra Leone to DRC. There are many such countries in the world."
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as they engage under AMISOM, I wish our forces all the best, so that they will do what they have to do, to secure Somalia and our borders. I hope they will come home peacefully to join their families and join us in building this nation."
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"content": "Thank you, I support the Motion."
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"content": "I think under the circumstances, there being no other Member who wants to contribute, I will ask the Minister to respond."
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"content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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"content": "I wish to respond, first of all, to the questions that were raised by hon. Members, who were contributing. Sir, you will recall during your contribution, you raised the question of an exit plan. Hon. K. Kilonzo who also spoke before you raised the same issue."
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the first place, Kenya has never had any appetite really to enter Somali territory. It is as a result of the unprovoked disturbances that the AlShabaab militants were creating that at the spur of the moment, Kenya decided to push AlShabaab away from our border. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and I went to Djibouti, Somalia, Burundi, Uganda and Ethiopia to sell the idea that we want to come out of Somalia and it will, therefore, require the African troop contributing countries to contribute soldiers who can go and replace Kenya. This is because if Kenya had moved out, that would have given a lot of strength to Al Shabaab . They would have felt that the Kenyan forces had been expelled from Somalia. They would have been more popular and stronger in Somalia. Therefore, when we could not get more than 9,500 soldiers from the contributing countries, we decided to revert to the AMISOM so that we do not come out of Somalia right now."
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do agree with your sentiments that Kenya should not stay longer than it is necessary. Even tomorrow if we achieve the objective which has taken us there, Kenyan forces will come out of Somalia. You also talked about collateral damage. We agree and are very sensitive to that. During our operation we have made sure that nothing like that happens in Somalia. That is why the liberated areas are embracing our soldiers and receiving them with both hands. They are very happy to receive all the assistance that our soldiers are able to give in terms of medicine, food, mosquito nets and even the Quran."
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"content": "As the Minister of State for Defence I want to make it very clear that in this operation we do not have any other Government assisting us. We shall not also allow the Prime Minister of Israel to come and fight with us in Somalia. We will not allow even an office messenger from Israel to come and embrace us in this war against the Al Shabaab ."
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