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    "id": 123715,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "No! I have no much time. I just want to finish my few minutes. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore they must fight. One country where impunity is happening is in Somalia. The African Union (AU) troops are in Somalia. In Somalia, they do not have the mandate. The mandate they have is so limited and I would be glad if the membership of Kenya takes this issue up because Somalia is affecting our economy and security. I do not think it is affecting South Africa or any other country. We should be the ones in the forefront to see to that because the Ugandan and Burundi troops who are in Mogadishu sacrificed substantial time and lives in order to make that country peaceful but their mandate is limited. The mandate of the AU troops must be changed and this can only be changed if our parliamentarians who sit in the AU and discuss these matters, particularly the Security Committee, see whether they not only have to review this but increase the membership to 8,000 because it was a promise to them. We thank Uganda and Burundi for being courageous to sacrifice their mandate and their size. They have got about 2,000 troops there. The requirement was for 8,000. We want to request them to push this agenda so that there can be peace and stability in Somalia because today, we were discussing the issue of pirates here. The Kenya Government is making a very careless mistake by trying Somali pirates here. For how long will they continue to try them because they have been trying them for the last two years? Some of them are beginning to become pirates in order to come to Kenya because they think that Kenyan jails are more comfortable. This is because they know there is nowhere else they will be taken to. The Europeans and Americans have conspired to bring them here. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, I am saying that as far as our contribution to AU participation of troops in Africa and particularly in Somalia is concerned, the Kenyan delegation must be seen to be very strong and knowledgeable so that they can be able to tell them that the situation there is not only affecting Somalia because they have been affected already but continues to diminish our stability and, therefore, we need more participation. With those few remarks, I once again congratulate hon. Shabesh for making all of us proud. Asante sana."
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