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Kenya will not pull out troops

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    Kenya will not withdraw its troops from the UN peacekeeping forces in Sierra Leone, Kenyan Defence Minister Julius Sunkuli said in Freetown, Kenya state radio reported on Sunday.

    Sunkuli told the Kenyan contingent that its presence in the UN force showed Kenya’s concern and commitment to the maintenance of global peace. Members of Kenya’s defence and foreign affairs parliamentary committee, now on a fact-finding mission in Sierra Leone, supported his statement, the radio said.

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