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    "id": 1018209,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Statement by my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka. I want raise two issues. The idea that everything that does not seem to be working should be given to the military to manage is very dangerous. As the son of a military man, I know that the military is best kept in the barracks. Their engagement with civilian activities should be very measured and with clear objectives. They get in there, achieve the objectives and go back to the barracks. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the decision to transfer the functions of an institution established in the Ministry by an Act of Parliament through an Executive Order sets a bad precedent. The KMC is an institution that deals with livestock, which falls under agriculture that is a fully devolved function. Therefore, this Senate must make certain demands before this order is finalized. One of the demands that this Senate can make is that full disclosure be made on the decisions that informed the transfer of functions of KMC to the Ministry of Defence. Secondly, it would be important for this Senate to demand that the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives appears before this Senate before he does the final handover of the functions of the KMC to the Ministry of Defence. We have seen what happened with the deed of transfer of the County Government of Nairobi and the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. Even before the ink that signed the deed of transfer dried up, there were issues of conflict of interest and inability to deliver services. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement and urge this House to make those demands. Let us make sure that proper procedures are followed before these functions are transferred."
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