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"speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
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"content": " Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. So, when you look at the profile that we have and we already have a commitment from the international community; the EU, the USA, they have money in the basket. Last September, Turkey, a very close friend of this region, on the floor of the UN, put in the Somalia basket US$300 million that is waiting to come into Somalia to stabilize those structures. Azerbaijan, a Muslim State, that is awash with oil – it is one of the major oil producers - put on the floor of the UN, in the basket of Somalia US$350 million available to come and help stabilize the State of Somalia. It is now up to us. Like we have said over and over again, Kenya is the superpower of this region. Kenya is the economic powerhouse of this region. We must also take the lead. We must also participate in what is happening to stabilize our region because we have a vested interest. With peace, Kenya will prosper even more. Without peace, Kenya will suffer like we have been suffering. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this new dispensation, I laud the Minister of State for Defence. In the past, one could sit in an executive office and declare that troops are going to Somalia. It is now important that this House made up of the representatives of the people of Kenya must have a say, must know and must approve what we are doing with our boys and girls in the Army. I believe that what we are doing today will go a long way in helping Somalia. Lastly, I want to inform Parliament that tomorrow, the Secretary-General of the UN is coming to Kenya. He will be in Kenya for two days. He is also going to visit your constituency, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. He will go there, on Friday to visit the Daadab camp. I want to urge you to be there so that you can also be able to agitate for the interest of the host community. We have told the UN that it is not good enough to bring money and facilities to refugees when the host communities are yawning outside the camps. They must also be given food. They must be given security. They must be given facilities. They must be given education. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is something that I am going to invite you and other Members of Parliament from the area, when we have a meeting with the Secretary- General of the UN, Ban Ki Moon, to join me in agitating and requesting for issues that also support our people. As a host country, we have done so much. It is only important that everybody else joins in, first to help our people but, more importantly, to liberate the areas and move in peacekeepers so that our brother and sisters from Somalia can move back home. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and hon. Members, imagine there are Somalis who are now 20 years old who were born in those camps, who do not know what a home is or what peace is or how to sleep in peace is. It is our duty as human beings, neighbours and leaders to assist our brothers to go and live like all other nationals of other countries. Nothing lasts forever. I have no doubt that Somalia problems will not last forever. If we have the will, the way will be there. If the way will be there, we will achieve success in normalizing Somalia. Thank you so much. I support."
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