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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has done his best to interrupt my contribution; even my time has been wasted. Therefore, I hope that you will add me the minutes that the hon. Member has squandered. The other option that we have is mediation. In the very unlikely event that diplomacy between us and Uganda does not succeed, we still have the option of calling upon other partners in the EAC to mediate between us and ensure that we find a solution. We are also members of the African Union (AU). We can also seek the intervention of our brothers and sisters in AU to ensure that we get a solution. There are many options and I want to mention some of them to hon. Members. During the war between Nigeria and Cameroon due to a similar dispute, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mediated and came up with a solution which has been honoured by the Nigerian Government up to today. In the event that diplomacy and mediation fails, we still have another option of going to the ICJ and get a ruling over the dispute. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not saying this because the Kenya Armed Forces are not ready. Everyone knows in this House, and the hon. Member who spoke before me acknowledged, that we have professional armed forces and we have what it takes to protect the boundaries of this country. Going to war is the very last option, having exhausted all the options that I have said. So, I want to appeal to hon. Members to exercise caution because in the past, countries have gone to war over utterances of people. War is a very painful thing to even think about."
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