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"content": "So, institutions that should be engaged in this exercise already exist rather than importing this exercise to NCIC which as my friend Sen. Sang says, even the little job that it was given to collect information on how many words Sen. Murkomen utters that can break national cohesion, they cannot do. That is what they should be collecting, and, call Sen. Murkomen and say, “please, stop speaking like this because this will break national cohesion.” They can do this job because they have the instrument and station to do so in their offices. They do not need more resources to jump here and there to find out where conflicts are because the Government already exists by Constitution to do that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the next one is, “Develop ethical standards to be adhered to by persons involved in peace building process.” Those are software for peace building that this Commission should undertake. It should undertake research, analyse and disseminate information; deal with critical gaps and strategic priorities relevant to peace building in any particular region. Again, you can analyse data and then hand it over to the necessary Government authorities that have the instruments and the constitutional responsibility to do so. Whereas there is no harm passing these amendments, I do not think they will make any difference, whatsoever, to how the Commission is acting at the moment. I think it will just make the Commission more aware that the issue of peace building needs research, communication and appropriate peace building interventions. Not appropriate peace building interventions like the one I saw my friend, Mr. Francis Ole Kaparo, trying to do; that, people are in conflict and you go there and you do not have your own army or police force and then think that you will bring peace. It does not work. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this reminds me of Napoleon during one of the wars in Europe. I cannot remember whether it was the Crimean War or another one. Somebody went to him and said: “Look, please, talk to the Pope and see how this war can end.” Very quietly, Napoleon asked the fellow: “How many battalions does the Pope control?” The Pope did not have any battalions to create peace. What mattered is how many battalions one had. I have a feeling that there is no time that Mr. Francis Xavier ole Kaparo will have any army or police force behind him. Never! Fortunately for us, this is provided for in the Constitution in Articles 238 and 239. The Government should not leave it for Mr. Kaparo to go to the Nandi-Kisumu border to create peace when there is a conflict. It is not his responsibility. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, our friend, hon. Nkaissery, is the person who should fly there and do the work. Unfortunately, when Mr. Francis Xavier ole Kaparo volunteers and goes there to help this Ministry do their job, they do not even come to his aid. It takes days before they respond. When they do, they do not have the information that they should have sought from Mr. Francis Xavier ole Kaparo. This is what my dear, Sen. Elachi, is trying to do here. Mr. Kaparo and his Commission should deal with the software of peace building, information, research, putting people together and so on. However, when it comes to actual intervention to create peace, the Constitution already gives us the instruments for doing so. Who has the responsibility to do so? In a moment, I read what will clarify matters so that when we debate this particular amendment, we do not delude ourselves, whatsoever, that that Commission was ever 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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