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    "id": 1229431,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado Central, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Memusi Kanchory",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I second the Motion, that this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Defence Co-operation laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 21st March 2023. The Chairperson, Hon. Nelson Koech, has moved it. As already noted, the Report details the Committee’s consideration of the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on defence co-operation. The agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on defence co-operation had been signed on 27th July 2021. It replaces the previous Defence Co-operation Agreement that was signed in 2015, which expired on 6th October 2021. The expired agreement had been ratified by the House in 2016. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has been co-operating with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island Defence Forces primarily in the defence industry; training support and exchange of students in military institutions. With renewed strategic interest, it was useful to have a new agreement that would take care of Kenya’s interests. It is worth noting that the Government set up an inter-ministerial committee comprising representatives of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the State Law Office to consider and identify the Republic of Kenya strategic interests in the bilateral co-operation with the Government of the Republic of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
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