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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support calls that this is the time we need our Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, to show himself strong. We must not allow that it is during his watch, as President and Commander-in-Chief, that Kenya lost its territory, for example, Migingo, Ilemi Triangle and the arbitration in the maritime dispute with Somalia. They are saying that the map is supposed to be drawn diagonally, yet Tanzania is saying that theirs must go as it has been based on our agreement. This is an important issue, especially for a Senate that is concerned with our country and counties. What is happening to the people up in Turkana, as they go towards our Kenyan border? In fact, if anything, we need to build a big school and put facilities so that the people of Turkana can get services there, as part of our territory. How do you share administration of your own territory? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just the other day I decided to go to Uganda by road, because I wanted to see what is happening in the border. The officers saw me and they were very excited, because I was driving myself. They took me to a point where they said, “ Sasa Mheshimiwa, tukifika hapa, hatuwezi pita ”. This is because that is how borders are. At no man’s land, they say asante, they salute and go back. The Ugandans will pick you from there, and you move with them. These ones are inside Kenya with guns. If a police officer is with a gun inside your country, it is war; it means you are fighting. Therefore, this matter needs to be taken seriously. I am glad that the feeling in the House is that this is an issue not just for one Committee, but for the Committee of the Whole House. We must stand strong. President Uhuru Kenyatta should show himself strong, as the Commander-in-Chief. This is not for the CSs, it is for the President himself to come out clearly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as Kenyans, we are ready to defend our country. I am not declaring anything, but we are ready to defend our country. All able-bodied men will defend our country. It cannot be that we are now pussy-footing . When some Presidents came to Kenya, all Presidents went to State House to see the President. However, our President went to the hotel to see the President of Somalia, because we are now massaging him so that we can agree. We will not agree. A Government that cannot control 1.7 square kilometers in their country is trying to take our waters. We need to come out strongly and defend our country. Kenya needs strength in its Commander-in-Chief and leaders. We are friendly with Uganda and South Sudan which, in fact, copied our flag. It was the biggest sign of endorsement of brotherhood. However, how does our small brother take our flag and our land? We cannot allow that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, please direct that the Committee of the Whole be done before we go for recess in December. It must be done in the next two weeks."
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