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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Litole",
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        "legal_name": "Wilson Mwotiny Litole",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I want to thank the Kenyan Government for going into Somalia to pursue the Al-Shabaab. However, for me it is a bit late. The Kenya Government takes a lot of time when issues arise. Recently, we heard about something called Mombasa Republican Council (MRC). Instead of nabbing the problem in the bud, the Kenya Government takes a lot of time to react. If the Government reacted on the Somalia issue earlier as advised by our Committee, I am very sure things would not be the way they are now. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to talk about the international community who want all refugees to come to Kenya. They are keen on them coming to Kenya but when small issues like what has happened now arise, they issue travel advisories to say: “Never come to Kenya”. This happens while we know that in some parts of East Africa there are issues that have taken place in other countries yet they have not given those advisories. Why should they be our friends and at the same time stab us in the back? The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security is here and I wish the Minister for Foreign Affairs was also here. The Somalia Embassy here should not be part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is not a desk and therefore they should be given full independence as an Embassy elsewhere. On a personal note, if the international community was able to curve Southern Sudan to make it a Republic, we have Somaliland with its capital at Hargeisa, why can the international community not curve it out also so that we zero in on the Al Shabaab in a small area? After all, Somaliland has been there for the last 20 years and has its own currency. I hope that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is represented here by the Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, should recommend in the Cabinet that this country be curved so that we have the 54th African State. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to summarize my contribution; it is unfortunate that there was a problem in Somalia and people ran into our country. We have accepted them but are we sure that we are not chasing shadows going into Somalia when the warlords are here? I want to agree with my Chairman that an International Criminal Court (ICC) must be set up so that those criminals in Kenya and elsewhere are taken to court. I want to ask the Government that those who are here but are against the Transitional Government should be relocated to a third country. When they are here, they always contribute to the instability in Somalia. What are we doing? Why should you go to Somalia to chase some young boys who are looking for money in the sea when we are leaving the warlords here? I ask the House to adopt this Motion."
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