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    "id": 1356363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda Odhiambo, SC",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the report of the joint committee of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security and the Senate’s Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on the Deployment of Officers of the National Police Service to MSS Mission of Haiti. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the obligation placed on this country by virtue of its membership to the body of the United Nations (UN) and Article 43 of the UN Charter, cannot be gainsaid. Our obligation as a member of the international family creates obligations under international law. It is in keeping with that obligation that under Article 2(5) and (6) of the Constitution, the people of this country found it necessary to ensure that the framework of our Constitution recognises membership to international organizations and the application of treaties and other obligations, as forming part of the Constitution of this country. It is in line with that obligation that this country had to rise to the occasion to be the lead country in implementing the international obligation to provide a peacekeeping"
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