Danson Mungatana

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is AMISOM? Members of Parliament should know. Just for the sake of us knowing, AMISOM is the African Union mission that went to Somalia on 19th January, 2007 to replace the Ethiopian troops that had been called in to support the weak TFG Government. Ethiopia initially intervened at the request of the TFG. This mission was approved by the AU, and had a mandate; I wish to read that mandate. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (i) to provide support to the TFG in their efforts towards the stabilization of the situation in the country and the furtherance of dialogue and reconciliation; view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) to facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance, and view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) to create conducive conditions for long-term stabilization, reconstruction and development in Somalia. To fulfill this mandate, AMISOM was given a range of tasks by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) which included:- i. to support a voluntary disarmament process; ii. to protect the TFG and its infrastructure. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what am I saying? I am saying that the AMISOM is on a long- term engagement. Who is going to pay for this? I want to add that there have been two models of intervention whenever AU has gone to maintain peace or to try and stabilize a region. The model under which Kenya is being asked--- In fact the model in which AMISOM is engaged in Somalia is the Burundian Model,” which is the TCC – Troop Contributing Countries - in which each country which contributes troops is supposed to take primary responsibility for those ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Good point, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I could not agree more with the Assistant Minister that they are going to now seek some funding from somewhere. But in the meantime, we are being told by his Minister that the initial engagement is going to be for the Kenyan Government to pay! view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I am asking is a very simple question. Is it right when we are having so many internal problems? Are we being sensitive when we are having so many internal problems right now in the country? Having decided to just defend ourselves from Al Shabaab, are we right in going into a long-term engagement which we do not know how long it will last? When AMISOM was formed the Minister of State for Defense and the Minister for Foreign Affairs knows know that it was initially mandated to stay for only six months. After that, ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to have more time because I am the only opposing voice. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to say this as I wind up, I wish I could say more. You will see that the only country that will be having to share a border- -- view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, please, protect me from hon. Ethuro! view