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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say and say it here that the Chair was worried about what is our exit strategy? Indeed, to my mind, this is the exit strategy. We are exiting now, but exiting in an organized manner. Obviously, we are going to deploy fewer troops now that the international community has come in. Obviously, in our exit strategy, we are going to use less money that we would have used if the other people had not come in. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is my hope that the cost of doing that engagement will not be shrouded in secrecy. The Minister will have the courage to quietly - not in public - come before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and account for every cent that he is spending in that particular engagement. I want to end by thanking my colleagues with whom, one and a half months ago, we held a huge national rally in Nakuru. We told the people that the problem we were facing was not a Kenyan problem. It was, first and foremost, an American problem. That is because Al Shaabab, we are told, is a branch of the Al Queida. Therefore, hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs, you must tell the American Government that they have a responsibility to contribute more than they might be doing in that particular engagement, because we are doing their dirty work. This is not a laughing matter because as we can remember, as the Rwandese killed each other in the infamous genocide, America and the UN just sat there and did nothing. In fact, they pulled out and the few international forces, which were in Kigali, were told not to engage. Thank God that Kenya has the same shared DNA with Somalia because of the Somalis we have in Kenya and those that are in Somalia. This is has been the DNA that has given us leadership. We support the Government and support it strongly. I support this Motion."
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