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    "id": 1356549,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to be quick on this matter. I rise to support this Motion. This is a very important exercise that Kenya has signed up for. I wish, while I said this, our colleague Senators from the Minority side were in the House; those that are saying this move in not constitutional. I wish to point them to the provisions of Article 2 of our Constitution, which speaks to the general rules of international laws being part and parcel of the laws of this country. Kenya is a signed up member of the United Nations (UN). We have ratified many other international laws and domesticated them into our country. It is on that basis that we have taken up this position of honour, respect and responsibility to save our African brothers in Haiti, who are going through this rough patch. I remind our colleagues from the Minority side who are opposing this move to know that while Kenya may be prosperous and peaceful today, we never know about the future. There might be a time that we may also call upon other countries to come and rescue us when we will be in trouble. This is what you do; this is African culture. Therefore, I support this move that the Government has taken of taking up this responsibility. Kenya is a very respected member of the International Community. That is why we have lived up to this call. I believe it is in the right direction. As Sen. Mungatana has just pointed out, there are many Kenyans who owe their path to prosperity, especially those in the armed forces, to an opportunity such as this, where they had a chance to go and serve in the international arena. If you go to Nakuru County, there is an entire village known as Sierra Leone made up of military men who went to serve on peacekeeping missions. Many of them are thriving; they have good land and their children have gone to school because of such opportunities. This is what we are talking about when we talk about providing opportunities for our men and women in uniform. Lastly, I like the submission that has been made by the Mau Mau veterans. Before that, you had seen that there is a whole list of the many times that Kenya has participated in peacekeeping missions even by use of the police from 1989 in Namibia, Yugoslavia, East Timor and Croatia. I like what the Mau Mau veterans have told this Committee; that they just ensure these people are properly compensated. They signed the 1913 and 1914 peacekeeping mission that Kenya participated in and how that provided an opportunity for them to leave on a path of prosperity. With those many remarks, I support."
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