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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to request for a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the deteriorating situation in Somalia. Kenya shares a very long and porous border with Somalia and, currently, because of the troubles in Somalia, we have a very large refugee population coming across into Kenya. For two years, we tried hard through committees of delegates meeting in Eldoret and here in Mbagathi in order to bring some order in Somalia and some transitional government was crafted after two laborious years. They stayed here for a while and eventually they were able to relocate. They have encountered problems since they cannot go to Mogadishu due to insecurity and now they are in the City of Baidoa. The Islamists have taken over the country. As we speak, they are approaching the City of Baidoa. The only country that has shown some interest is Ethiopia which has deployed some soldiers in Somalia to try and guard that transitional government. We have done nothing. I am requesting for a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Foreign Affairs to tell us, first, what, we as a government, we are doing to prop up that government which we crafted; and two, what we are doing as a government to ensure that our own territorial integrity is safeguarded in the event that the Islamists were to come across the border and into our territory. We need a Ministerial Statement to ensure that we are safe from those Islamists who seem bent on not only overunning that government but maybe even crossing over into our country."
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