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    "content": "this. Where the Constitution requires one House to do something, it uses the name of the individual House. For example; National Assembly or Senate. Therefore, it is important that this be approved by this Senate and also by the Lower House so that Parliament would have approved the request by the National Security Council. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to applaud our National Security Council and the Commander-in-Chief, the President, for complying with the law. I know that when people comply with the law, it is said that is what is expected of them. We need a culture where when a public institution does something good in the confines of law, they are appreciated. When time comes to criticize, when they go outside the ambit of the law, then we also become objective and appreciate the situation. I know that the President did not have a choice. The National Security Council did not have a choice in complying with the Constitution. Every time, the President of this country complies with the Constitution; every time that this country complies with the National Security Council, it makes the right step towards being a country that is governed by the rule of law and not the rule of men. I want to recommend that this House approves the deployment of 310 additional troops to join their comrades in Southern Sudan. This will improve Kenya’s image abroad. It will also improve its position in this region as a leader in terms of our foreign relations and diplomacy. Later, when we want to flex our economic muscle in the region, we can have the high moral ground the same way that our brothers in the west, Nigeria, have benefited a lot. Their economy has grown because of the leading role they have played to secure the region and to support peace in the auspices of ECOMOG under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOMOG is the military arm of the ECOWAS."
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