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    "content": "accompany that misguided Cabinet Secretary with her composition of delegation that is purely partisan. That is not how a country is run and this Senate should not fall into that trap at all. In future, if it is Sen. Poghisio, give him Sen. Were or Sen. Pareno if it is to be gender balanced, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve or any other Senator from this side to accompany the delegation since, this is not about Jubilee or NASA; it is about the Senate as a component of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya. Madam Temporary Speaker, in this Report, the Conference discussed several things that are worth noting. The most critical one is the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo was the reason for setting up ICGLR and it continues to be the reason for ICGLR being in place. That country has known no peace; it is completely fractured, disjointed and currently having totally rudderless leadership. The Standing Orders do not allow us to discuss heads of States of friendly countries. However, it is important to note that the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo has refused to conduct elections, leave office and is busy battering and tear gassing his opponents from day to day. This makes it a very difficult situation for ICGLR. This region has had challenges in Angola, and I thank God for the efforts of this Conference. It is important to put on record that when it was started, my brother, hon. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, was among the original signatories to the founding of ICGLR and followed by myself and later, my brother, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri. We did fantastic work to bring peace and sanity in the region. It is through ICGLR that Angola came to terms with self, embraced peace and for the first time since 1975, Angola had a peaceful transition from the presidency of Dos Santos to a new president. The Dos Santos from 1975 was able to conduct an election and gracefully not be a candidate and hand over power to a new crop of leadership. It is a great effort by ICGLR. We have had problems in Rwanda. ICGLR has been seized of the situation and now Rwanda is peaceful with the usual challenges that we know. We have problems in Uganda with the warlord called Konyi marauding everywhere from Northern Uganda to Central Africa to Southern Sudan to Northern Sudan to Congo. In fact, there is a warrant of arrest for him from the International Court of Justice at The Hague. This is a burden that the ICGLR is carrying. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have, as we speak, serious difficulties in Burundi. You saw for the first time"
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