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    "content": "salient attitude or attempt to lock out Tanzania and Rwanda is killing the dream and is not going to help the EAC. We have to urge them that whatever political differences that those Heads of State might be having, the Community was not intended for the Heads of State but for the business of the people of the Community. The President of the Senate of Rwanda talked of co-operation in fighting terrorism. Now that he said it, I want to use this opportunity to urge that it is important that Kenya realizes that if it took the presence of the Speaker of the Senate to emphasize the need for co-operation between nations, for purposes of fighting terrorism, the Government of Kenya should also re-establish co-operation between Kenya, United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK) and Israel for purposes of fighting terrorism today. This is because when the relationship between us and these three countries was robust, there was brisk sharing of intelligence. The CIA of the USA is very well endowed in gathering intelligence and so is the MI6 of the UK as is the Mossad . It is because of this failure to emphasize this co-operation on sharing of intelligence that we have in some instances been hit by the Al Shabaab . Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will remember that when the unfortunate incident of Mpeketoni occurred, the Al Shabaab shamelessly claimed ownership and responsibility for the attack. The USA and UK pointed to Al Shabaab . Maybe it is because we lacked that co-operation in sharing intelligence that we found the Government of Kenya, on the other hand, fumbling and saying that this was because of political networks or whatever they called it. Doing business with China is very good and we are happy that it is there. However, we should know that you cannot do business in the midst of insecurity. Therefore, I want to urge the Government to continue co- operating with China in terms of doing business, but not break the old ties that we had with our traditional partners, the USA, UK and Israel. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in that statement of co-operating in the region, something provokes me. This is issue maybe is a hypothesis that could thrive into a theory; that maybe time has come for us to consider the possibility of strengthening the Republic of Somalia with a view of admitting it into the EAC, so that we start doing business with each other. My mind tells me that it will be more unlikely for us to fail to see brotherhood and shared interests if Somalia was admitted into the EAC. I am not saying that it be done haphazardly, but this is something that we can work on for a period of ten years or so. On the issue of co-operation with neighbouring countries, this is the time when this Senate must urge the Executive to return our gallant soldiers who have been defending this country in Somalia. They went there for a purpose and that purpose was achieved. After they come back, our troops should be mobilized from Eastleigh, Eldoret Barracks and the other barracks across the country, to be taken to the border with the Somalia, so that we seal it and deal with terrorists when they try to cross the border. I want to remember that this country has supported Rwanda in many ways. Personally, I was disappointed when the President of the Senate of Rwanda did not acknowledge what the Parliament of Kenya has done for the Parliament of Rwanda. I remember, hon. John Cheo, the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Tanzania and a former losing presidential candidate in Tanzania, when he was the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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