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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, those of us who have attended several meetings at the UN know the high regard that even the Secretary-General, after holding meetings with our leaders, has for Kenya. Most of the time the world waits to hear what Kenya has to say. So, for us to stand here and run our country down--- That is why I want to support Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale who I most of the time do not agree with – though I respect him as my friend – that Kenya has been given opportunities. So, it is not that the leaders of Kenya cannot stand and ask for something from the UN. They have done so and I believe they will continue to do so. So, as we all know, there is the Government and the opposition, we should not use opposition to rubbish every good thing in the country. The world is also watching and we should be proud where we do well as Kenyans and not just as a Government or opposition. So, I want to add my voice and urge that since we know that our army is highly trained – even the Americans could not bring order in Somalia and they withdrew – and they went there and they had victory. This was hailed the world over. Now we see the western countries going to establish embassies in Somalia. That is a credit to Kenya and our armed forces. I lost my nephew at the Westgate Mall and if there is anyone who was really hurt, because he was the only child of our youngest sister---. I cannot stand here and condemn our forces. I was very involved in that whole process. I could not sleep when we could not find our nephew but I know those soldiers were there for many hours. In fact, I thank the Indian Community who were feeding them; giving them water and food. How much would they benefit from a bottle of water? That was for them to quench thirst after being out there for hours trying to save our people who were trapped there and getting the bodies to the mortuary. I think it is callous and unbelievable that we can stand here as a Senate and condemn our soldiers for taking a bottle of water to quench thirst when they worked for us three days non-stop."
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