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    "id": 440429,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I wish to congratulate the Mover of this Motion, Sen. Elachi. It is a very important Motion. In fact, I think she is doing injustice to the intentions of this Motion. I think she is limiting herself too much on the issue of armed forces. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is one area where Kenya does not need any lobbying; it is in the area of our troops working in peace making operations of the UN and even of the African Union (AU) because we have established a reputation since Independence that our soldiers are very professional and disciplined. Therefore, I can tell you from a position of authority that our soldiers are in great demand either by the UN or by the AU. If you have read newspapers, you will realize that, in fact, the peace making operations within the UN have undergone a crisis in recent times because the soldiers from other countries are not as disciplined as the soldiers from Kenya. The soldiers from other countries engage in killings, raping of women, children and so on, and so forth, which our soldiers do not engage in. In fact, there was a particular commission that was appointed to investigate the human rights violations on the part of the peace keeping operations mainly by the conduct of soldiers who are from other countries. In light of that, actually, we have made a name there; we are there! That is why I am saying that she has not really done justice to the intentions that she has. She begins very well, but limits this Motion to getting our young people to be deployed only in armed forces, where Kenya has a major weakness. On that one, let me, first of all, deal with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s point. He may be right, but again, my reading of the Constitution is that he is wrong. You know, with the Constitution, if you read the interpretation clause of the Constitution, it says that you read it as a whole first, including the spirit and intentions of the Constitution. You do not just pick one small paragraph there and exaggerate it beyond limits. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Elachi is right in bringing this Motion because as you may be aware, this Constitution confers upon the President to ensure that international obligations of the Republic are fulfilled through actions of relevant Cabinet Secretaries (CS). What are these"
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