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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ligale",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Ndooli Ligale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for that very comprehensive Statement. I do agree with him that the Somalia crisis is our crisis. It is one that we must handle carefully. However, in terms of what we have done to try and ensure that peace, into which we invested so heavily in terms of resources and energy, lasts, I would like to submit that we could have done better. First of all, I believe that when the TFG relocated from this country into Somalia, we, as a country, could have done much to try and assist them to relocate to the headquarters. One of the reasons why the ICU has taken route, is because of the lawlessness that persisted in that country. Therefore, it took it upon itself to try to impose laws. It has now actually become a government. November 8, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3471 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the Assistant Minister to tell us, if through their own intelligence, they are not aware that the ICU is not just based in Somalia. It may be having support from somewhere else. The way it has been behaving shows that it must be having some support from some other quarter. It is, indeed, now attacking Puntland. It wants to take on Ethiopia. Ethiopia has moved in to try and prop-up the fragile Government in Baidoa. The ICU has threatened to take on Ethiopia in addition to invading Puntland. Surely, this cannot just be a matter that they are doing from within. They must be having some power from somewhere else. From the intelligence report, could he tell us whether they are aware of this additional force that is backing the ICU in Somalia?"
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