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    "id": 1370550,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The issue raised by the Senator of Migori is very important. It must occur to us that Morocco, a country in Africa, is the fifth largest economy in Africa and for Kenya and Ethiopia we are in position six. To sit and fail to have a formal relationship with Africa’s fifth biggest economy is to lose the obvious. I, therefore, urge the respective Committee - remembering that my good friend Dr. SingOei, who the Senators are not very happy with this morning - to be up to the task so that we move towards formalizing this relationship. Secondly, the East African Community (EAC) has now expanded and invited Somalia into the community. Having done so, it means that, some of the good things of Somalia are now on board, but also the headache that Somalia has is now ours. Dear colleague Senators, Somaliland is a headache to the Republic of Somalia. Since, we have not talked to the PS, I do not understand what prompted the PS to respond in the manner he did, is the possibility that Somalia might have raised a formal complain about the engagement that we were perceived to have made Somali Land which is a problem to the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, do not let it be lost to this House that even Morocco has a similar challenge in the name of Western Sahara. The moment we shall engage with Morocco; we would have to device means on how we can deal with the headache of Western Sahara. You and I have had the unique opportunity to serve in the Ministry of EAC. Let us not personalize this. After you pulled down your tweets and after SingOei had made the comments he made, I have taken time to listen to what SingOei said. He did not attack the Senate or the Speaker. He spoke on the mandate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and emphasized on the oversight role of Parliament on matters of International relationship. Therefore, why would a leader or, in fact, a House of sober leaders like this want to belabour and blow that clarification of SingOei out of proportion? It beats my logic. What are we fighting SingOei for? Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, what are we fighting him for? Let us call a spade a spade. SingOei said the following things – He said, foreign policy of the Republic is the function of the national Government. That is a fact. He said, Parliament’s role in foreign policy is oversight and exercise of foreign relationship by national Government. That is a fact. He said, it is Kenya’s established and unchanging policy to remain consistent with the African Union (AU) on the matter of the Federation of Republic of Somalia. What is wrong with that? Are we saying this Parliament wants to push an agenda that is contrary to the position of the AU on Somalia? We would be missing it. Finally, SingOei said, Somaliland, a region within the Federal Republic of Somalia, has a Liaison Office for commercial purposes in Nairobi. That means, he was"
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