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    "id": 282313,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President spoke about security. This is quite an important aspect, particularly our engagement in Somalia. I think that the Government was correct and morally right to deploy our troops in Somalia in order to forestall possible attacks that might happen in our country. But as we do that, it was also important - and we said that - that our military engagement in Somalia must be alongside a political engagement. There can be no way - and it has shown, particularly, in the Somali case - that military engagements in Somalia is not the end to the crisis in Somalia. So, I expected that by now, the engagement will have been done and, perhaps, our troops will have come back home. By then, we will have prepared sufficient infrastructure inside Somalia, particularly political dialogue of the Somali parties in Somalia so that, at least, we leave Somalia a better place than we found it. I am sure we are going to leave Somalia better than we found it. But it is important to do that. I want to echo the President’s remarks that we support our engagement, particularly our troops and we give them the necessary support. It is also important that we have a programme that can finish our military engagement in Somalia as soon as possible, so that the Somalis can then have an opportunity to take care of their own matters."
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