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    "content": "gone and provided specifically for a charter on peacekeeping. This charter has got a clear mandate and a strong legal basis which is defined in black and white. So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for us then to resolve as a Parliament of Kenya that we want to ask our Government to be lobbying somewhere is to forget that this has already been provided for. This Charter on peace keeping gives the UN, not just anybody else, but the UN Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Specifically in Chapter 7, the UN Security Council – and if you allow me to refer to it in full – contains provisions related to action with respect to peace, breaches of peace and acts of aggression. They tell us further that in recent years, the UN Security Council has adopted the practice of invoking this chapter of the Charter when authorizing deployment of UN Peace Keeping Operations into volatile post-conflict or conflict areas where the state is unable to maintain security and public order. In doing this, there are blocs; you have the East African Community Bloc, you have the West African Bloc, you have the Central American Bloc and so on, and so forth. It is something that is not based on lobbying and, therefore, to have a Motion here that will say “we want to urge the Government to go and lobby for positions,” we are acting as if we do not know how the UN operates. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last point why I want to oppose this Motion is because of the provisions of the Constitution of Kenya. In Article 241(3) – and you will allow me to refer to it in full – it says as follows:- “The Defence Forces— (a) are responsible for the defence and protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic; (b) shall assist and cooperate with other authorities in situations of emergency or disaster, and report to the National Assembly whenever deployed in such circumstances; and (c) may be deployed to restore peace in any part of Kenya affected by unrest or instability only with the approval of the National Assembly.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, it ends there! so, now, Parliament, which is supposed to be approached by the President sometimes under unique circumstances when he wants to deploy the military, if we start saying here that we want to be deploying our forces so that they look for jobs outside the country, that is against the Constitution! Mr. Speaker, Sir, I oppose and I beg the Senator to withdraw this Motion so that when students of parliamentary practice at The University of Nairobi are being taught, when they read these things, they realize that we are conscious of the provisions of the UN Charter and the Constitution of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to oppose."
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