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"content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, pursuant to Article 240(8)(a) of the Constitution and Section 18 of the Kenya Defence Forces Act (No.25 of 2012), the Senate approves the deployment of the Kenya Defense Forces in South Sudan for the purpose of regional peace support operations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for many years, Kenya has been requested to contribute to peace keeping operations. This is from as early as 1973 into the 1980s where, in particular, in 1980, Kenya participated in the peace keeping operation in Zimbabwe. In 1984, through the auspices of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and under Chapter 8 of the United Nations (UN) Charter, Kenya participated in the peace keeping operation in Chad; while in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall, so many crises erupted around the world, and it is during this time that Kenya really came out very strongly in the participation and support of peace keeping around the world. Mr. Speaker, Sir, mention will be made, for example, to the peace keeping mission that Kenya successfully participated in, in 1989 in Namibia. Similarly, in the former Yugoslavia after the eruption of the Balkan War, Kenya participated in the peace keeping operation in countries like Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia. In 1993, Kenya also participated in peace keeping operations under the auspices of the UN in Eritrea, Mozambique and, later on, in Cambodia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Darfur in the Sudan, and the list is endless. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even as we speak, the force commander of the UN Peace Keeping Operation in Liberia, Maj-Gen. Ng’ondi, is a Kenyan. As we speak, the Deputy Force Commander of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops in Somalia is a Kenyan. Kenyans will recall the exemplary role we played with regard to the Sierra Leone Peace Keeping Operation by a Kenyan known as Gen. Opande, who was the force commander of the overall UN Peace keeping troops. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what all this demonstrates is that Kenya is a giant in peace keeping; it demonstrates that Kenya is a nation which is endowed with professional and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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