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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the same strength, they should be able to investigate this Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Who drives their agenda? Who drives their policies? Is it the Cabinet or this House? If it is this House, indeed, then we are saying the people of Kenya must be represented, wherever they are, by this august House. We are not here on the instructions of EEC. We are not here to carry the wishes of the US Government. We are not here to carry the wishes of any other State. We are here to carry the wishes of Kenyans because we are on the payroll, courtesy of the same Kenyans. I am saying again that when you look at Somali, look at Somali as a resource. Look at their beautiful beaches. Look at their potential in agriculture. Look at their potential in mineral exploration. Look at them as a potential in having well managed game ranching. Look at them as a potential in having conservancy. Look at them as complimentary in terms of port and bringing goods here. For instance, if we have a railways link between Mogadishu and Isiolo, then we would have goods moving to and fro Middle East much cheaper than the current arrangement in which they have to move almost an equal distance to Mombasa and then from Mombasa, go all the way. Who is stopping us from doing this? Why are we engaging ourselves in trying to do things that we are not able to do. The Indians were here. Four years, they were able to do our roads. They were no machines. To upgrade our own railway line has taken this Government over 86 years of negotiation, before they are able to do the first railway line. Now that we have the Tenth Parliament made of some of the finest people that Kenyans could offer, could we resolve that we stop talking and start looking at these people in North Eastern as our enemies? We should look at them as resource and have a good railway line from Nanyuki going all the way to Mogadishu, passing through that vast country. It would be easier to do a railway line. I am not an engineer but I guess the terrain is so accommodative to a high speed train would and it"
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