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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it must be stated very categorically that those unprovoked attacks make Kenya look very weak, indeed, and anybody who has gone through high school knows that when you look weak, you become appetizingly attractive to bullies. Kenya is becoming appetizingly attractive to bullies in the region. Our security forces are definitely sleeping on the job. What we are saying is that we are not asking our country to go to war or to attack any other country, but the presence of our security forces must be felt in every part of this country. If our security forces were present in Todenyang, the Merille would have thought twice before they attacked our people. But they did it and did it twice within 48 hours because they knew that the Kenyan security forces were not going to respond. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, clearly, we have a political leadership in this country. We have to say it because we are the leaders of this country. We have a political leadership in this country that does not seem to care about our territorial integrity. It is time this Government came out clearly and stated whether it considers Turkana, Kacheliba, Migingo and the lower parts of Msambweni to be parts of the Kenyan territory. We, therefore, need an effective policy to deal with all forms of foreign aggression, whether by formal armies or militia groupings. As I conclude, we must also ask why, as the people of Kenya, we should be asked to continue embracing the spirit of the East African Community (EAC). The treaty that governs the establishment of the EAC is very clear in Article 6 and states that:- âThe fundamental principles that shall govern the achievement of the objectives of the community by the partner States shall include mutual trust, political will and sovereign equality, peaceful coexistence and good neighbourliness.â"
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