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    "content": "in the World War I and II. Some of them died but others survived. We know the benefits that those who survived brought home. They came as gallant soldiers and were rewarded by the colonial Government at that time and a lot of other goodies extended to them. I am assuming that the same can happen to our soldiers when they get such exposure outside. After the end of World War II, there was the formation of the League of Nations. The League of Nations made all the countries in the world to form one league which is the creation of the United Nations (UN) and it has its own mandate of brining the world together as one friendly world. The causes that led to World War I were Bosnia and Czechoslovakia. The war was to be brought by the Austrians just because it was small. These days, when you are from a small country and you are a member of the league of the UN, you are identified as a country as long as you are suffering. That is what is making the world tick. That is why in modern Russia, there has been a lot of disintegration of states leading to independence of most of the states, hence, we no longer have the USSR. Today, we have a problem in Ukraine that may lead to the same sovereignty of the state. This is something that is evolving. It is an evolution in the making. It is a global evolution and we cannot wish it away. This is an important evolution in the world and it is dynamic that we cannot run away from it. When our soldiers are exposed to the UN peacekeeping missions, that becomes a landmark opportunity for them. That means that other countries have spotted Kenya as a good disciplined, friendly and controlled country. They say that its soldiers are as good as the country and its leaders. That is the reason why many other countries would want to seek help from Kenyan soldiers for peacekeeping. This has happened in South Sudan and in many other countries. Our soldiers have also been rated highly compared to other counties. It is, therefore, important to note that when such things happen, we should be happy. Most of these soldiers are drawn from different parts of this country. When they come from those countries, they settle and mingle with the rest of the residents. A lot of experience, therefore, is disseminated to other members of the society. These people learn a lot from the countries that they go to. I recall that there was a bomb blast here in 1998 at the former American Embassy. We had to get foreign soldiers. The people who came to rescue us came from Israel. We were wondering why Kenya did not have such a team to rescue our people. We had to get soldiers from foreign countries and even now, you will realise that when there is a big catastrophe in our country, we have to rely on the West and get rescue teams from Britain, America or Israel for that matter. So, when our soldiers get to learn the skills and the tricks used by soldiers in those countries, they add value. That is what we call soldiers with added value. These soldiers become agile and more experienced when they come back. They are the ones who tell us the stories about where they have been in those foreign countries. I find this to be a very important exercise in operation. This is something that we should not push away. It is very important for us to endorse that the UN, as a league, be respected. There is nothing we can do so as not to obey the UN Service Charter. By so doing, we become members of the UN and very useful members for that matter. There are some countries which, of course, even if they were asked to provide this kind of peacekeeping, may not qualify going by the standards that are required by the UN. So, the moment that the UN realizes that there are good soldiers in Kenya that becomes our pride. We should be happy when we have a group in an African or Asian country. It is feels good for us to say that we are Kenyans when we visit those countries. The same thing can happen when we realise that some of us can become proficient like it happened one"
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