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    "content": "Therefore, we need to support this Motion. Our Government, particularly, at its highest organs, needs to lobby more. We know of instances that our Government has failed in lobbying for many jobs in the United Nations (UN). I am aware, for example, that there are opportunities right now for the Directorate of Peacekeeping in the UN, where highly positioned women are required, yet this thing only requires the President of this country to call the Secretary General of the UN. I am sure that we will get these positions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, there is an urgent need for our country, particularly, to lobby for these positions and engage the UN seriously, so that we can have many of our military personnel engaged in the process of training and also in many peacekeeping missions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the last point that I would like to emphasize on is that apart from just talking about strengthening these relations with the UN, there is urgent need for our foreign affairs policy to be properly known. We do not want to have ad hoc foreign policies in this country. What we have right from the days of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, through Moi, Kibaki and now President Uhuru Kenyatta, is what we call ad hoc foreign policy. The President determines what a foreign policy is. We want this country to have a known foreign policy, so that students of international jurisprudence can know clearly what Kenya’s foreign policy on various issues is, including this issue that we are talking about, of strengthening ties in UN peacekeeping missions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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