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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I co- chaired a committee with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda on the instructions of the Presidents of Kenya and Uganda. In furtherance of that committee, an order and directions were given to carry out a proper international survey to establish the co- ordinates of our boundaries from the boundary of South Sudan all the way to Tanzania. Monies were expended on this, and a report is somewhere gathering dust. That Report clearly indicated that Migingo Island and all the islands around it are Kenyan territory. It is therefore, the duty of the Government to protect the territorial integrity of any inch of their country. I want to urge that this matter goes beyond the statement that Sen. Orengo has made. We urge you, as the Chair, to use your discretion and authority under Standing Order No.1 to direct the relevant committee to carry out a thorough investigation on what happened regarding the implementation of this report and why Ugandans are terrorizing Kenyans day in, day out. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the President announced that Africans are free to come to Kenya visa-free, I said here that reciprocity is part of diplomacy. Why are we leaving our territory to lie naked and bare in the face of adversity from our neighbours? I visited Migingo with Sen. Orengo, the late Sen. Gerald Kajwang’ and the late hon. Joshua Ojode. The activities going on around Migingo Island require that this Government should have a police station, not even a police post. We are told that tonnes of fish are captured there every single day. The contribution of that half an acre island in the lake to the economy of this country is something that the Government should not take for granted. This is a matter that should now be put to rest. Within the context of the East African Community, there is territorial dispute mechanism. We also want the Committee, if you refer them to look at this matter,and the Cabinet Secretary for East African Community; hon. Peter Munya, to engage his counterparts and see that this matter is brought to an end because we cannot have our people being arrested, captured, beaten up and detained. The highlight today is because the arrested persons were policemen. There are also fishermen that are quietly arrested, tortured and beaten up without anybody knowing. I want to laud the statement and urge you that we do not just let it rest here; but that this House becomes proactive in the matter and we get a proper and thorough investigation into this."
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