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    "id": 1356457,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1356457/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also contribute to this Motion. I will request my colleagues led by the Majority Leader to just allow Members to debate. The majority will carry the day and we will be bound by the decision of this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, those of us who have some little understanding of the operations of the United Nations (UN) peace keeping missions, know that Chapter Seven of the UN Charter on Peace Keeping is the acetous of all the chapters. Under this Chapter, the peace keeping troops that are deployed are allowed to use military force to enforce peace and order. In real sense, they are combatants as opposed to a deployment under Chapter Four and Six, which should allow free and smooth passage of human beings, food or services for victims of a conflict. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are doing by passing this Motion is deploying our officers from the National Police Service (NPS) to go and do battle in Haiti. The assessment mission that we sent to Haiti before this deployment was met with serious, open aggression by civil society groups and other social movements in Haiti. They said we should not send our troops there and that they want to deal with their problems in- house. It is okay and true to say that the Kenyan Government will not spend any money in this deployment. The Kenyan Government is spending a lot more than money in this"
}