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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Let me start by thanking the doctors who are now on strike because their call needs to be answered by the Government because our people are suffering. Their call needs to be heeded by the Government. With regard to this Motion, let me start by saying that the two Ministers have done Kenya proud. They have visited the critical centres to present our case. They have visited the Headquarters of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD). The IGAD has already endorsed our commitment to bring liberation to Somalia. You also remember the commitment given to the Kenyan Government by the African Union (AU). They even conducted an extra ordinary meeting to approve this engagement, not forgetting that the UN has also given an approval to this very important engagement. This is a critical assignment that has been taken by our Armed Forces. Our memories are fresh, considering what happened in Kenya when the Al Qaeda criminal group massacred our people in Nairobi. About 210 Kenyans lost their lives. If we had known that the Al Qaeda elements were going to attack the country, our Armed Forces would have been called to defend it. Now that the Al Shabaab has also come out clearly with the intention of interfering with the territorial integrity of this nation, the Kenyan forces were legitimate in coming out to defend the territorial integrity of this country. Kidnappings were the order of the day in this country. Now, they have been stemmed. Piracy was common in the Indian Ocean and even at the Port of Mombasa where pirates were picking our ships. With the mobilization of our Navy and the other forces, ships are now docking at our Port without any threat. It is, therefore, important that those liberated areas in Somalia, their fate be known so that the innocent people who are liberated are given social facilities to continue with their lives in that country. We must also thank the men and women of this country who have moved to Somalia militarily to liberate that country. It is important that as our forces continue to fight in Somalia, a national day for prayer is set so that our military forces are given motivation, more spiritual and physical strength. As Kenyans continue to support this effort, it is important that the Government plans to invest more in our weaponry, particularly on the Navy. We must invest more and increase Navy ships and buy new weapons for our military. We should not wait for foreign countries to come and defend Kenya or even the East African countries. We have seen how the US is rushing to Egypt and how it has responded to Yemen and Tunisia. Therefore, this is an African and a Kenyan responsibility to defend the territories of this country. It is important that we move behind our Armed Forces to give them motivation so that they can bring back sanity and stability in Somalia. With those few remarks I fully support the engagement."
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