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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the PAP, there are regional groupings. Kenya belongs to the East African region. Within those regional grouping, when the former USA President Clinton had a problem in Somalia, he wanted to have an African solution, particularly in the aspect of security. In west Africa, for example, they empowered ECOWAS. It was done with the tacit and full support of the American Government, at least military and financial support. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is what they are doing in the East African parts and here we have what we call The E-Brigade which is a force that is supposed to be vigilant in the security of the East African region. This is a group that is very critical that our members need to know how far they have gone in terms of its formulation, support, military capability and who, in fact, is in charge of the leadership. This is because we could be having these groupings but we do not want Kenyans to be given any raw deal in their management and leadership. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya is a giant, only that one time, a very good diplomat friend of mine told me that Kenya is a reluctant giant. It is a reluctant giant because in almost every sphere of our diplomatic engagements, we seem to be playing second fiddle to the others. Kenya is a country that is very powerful. If it is not for this Parliament, I think we would have been whitewashed long time ago. It is the Parliament of Kenya that has taken a very strong central leadership role by becoming vibrant and going out there and making the case for Kenya. Therefore, I will be quite happy if our members who are very good material, interrogate these regional organisations and groupings. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I want to say that we want to send a message at least from me to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and our three representatives--- Of course, we created it to be domiciled permanently in one place but why do we not have rotational sittings? You know, I introduced a Motion where I said we need rotational sittings of our own Parliament so that our people can appreciate. They can go to Mt. Elgon and other parts of the country so that people can be able to see this PAP which sits in South Africa, whose Speaker and President we do not know and yet they represent us. It would have been very good if they got an opportunity to tour. They come to Kenya, we receive them here and interact with them. They can come to our galleries or even have one session here so that they can be exposed to this region of Africa. Of"
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