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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Mover of the Motion for having a very good idea in bringing up this Motion in this House. It is very important because when you read the terms of the Motion, it is actually urging the national Government to strengthen the relations with and engage with the UN more. This means that it is already happening, but we could do better. If the Government did better, we are going to get more job opportunities for our Kenyan military and even more training because when you give our military the exposure, they get experience. When they go out there in peacekeeping missions, they become more experienced and can be able to handle conflicts in many other countries. From the experience in Somali, some of the soldiers are very young and do not have the experience. We have read in newspapers how we have lost many of them. I think the training of our young people by the UN is very key to the success of peacekeeping because we know that the mandate of the UN is actually to keep peace in partnership with different states. When we sent our military there, they are well remunerated and when they come back home, they are able to develop their country. They also bring back that experience to share with the other soldiers who were left behind. I think this Motion is very good. The Kenyan military having taken part in many peacekeeping missions have acquired some skills and our Government needs to be more involved. I know that they are already doing it. Even in Geneva IPU meeting, the UN Affairs Committee where I am a Member, always want to know the voice of Parliament. I think when we add our voice to this Motion, it will wake up the UN because they will know that the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya wants more training for their young people. I know our military is highly trained, but I think they lack experience. We need to expose them so that when they come back, they can be able to share their experience even on collection of intelligence information. Currently we have a very big challenge where we are losing our people because our security personnel have not been in a position to control insecurity around the country. If they had been properly trained, maybe we would have prevented the death of Sheikh Idris because our security forces would be more alert. I want to thank Sen. Elachi for this Motion because of the exposure it is going to give to our youth, the remuneration and we would also learn to deal with the challenges our country is facing because she has seen it being a Jubilee Coalition Senator. Through this Motion, our Kenyan military will be assisted. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are some contentious issues here which have been raised by the opposition side, but I think amendments can be made on the Floor of this House to serve the purpose. The Motion is urging the Government to engage more with the UN and not Parliament. The UN would also like to know what the voice of Parliament on this matter is. Recently, women Senators went to the British High Commission and met Dr. Christian Turner and raised the issue of the travel advisories with him and how it is affecting our country because tourism has gone down. He assured us that they had stopped issuing those travel advisories and we should rest assured that they had stopped and that is the message we should take out. I think the group that went to United States (US) Embassy also did a good job because we can see the fruits through this Motion. I beg to support."
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