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    "id": 1264246,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1264246/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mosop, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abraham Kirwa",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion on the National Peace Support Operations Fund. As a nation, it is high time that we truly consider and support our troops when they go outside the country on peace missions. Most of our youth and young men employed in the military sacrifice so much as they secure peace of this country. As such, we should not be talking about whether to approve this Fund or not. This Fund should have been established a long time ago so that when they are outside the country be it Somalia or other countries for peace missions, their interests are taken care of. They should never worry where their funding will come from. I want to suggest that if we approve this Motion, we ensure that the National Peace Support Operations Fund is ring-fenced. It should specifically be used to support the soldiers who go out of the country for peace missions. Kenya is considered as one of the top countries in peace keeping missions in Africa and we should strive to remain there. However, we have now been overtaken by other countries. We have dropped from number one to number seven or eight. So, I support the Motion on the National Peace Support Operations Fund. We should approve it to allow our troops to be well prepared with state-of-the-art equipment that will help them in peacekeeping missions. They should never worry about their funding. I know that the United Nations has continuously supported the peacekeeping missions but for one reason or another, they have delayed…"
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