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    "id": 1230723,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1230723/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): About the Kenya Coast Guard Service, we have had a command problem because they are not part of the Kenya Navy. The KCGS is a police function. Their work is to enforce the law within Kenya’s territorial boundaries, which means 12 nautical miles off the baseline of the Indian Ocean and all inland waters including Lake Naivasha, Lake Turkana and Lake Victoria. We have had a command issue there because the leadership has been with the military and because of the disciplinary discrepancies, the head of KCGS has not been directly under the command of the Inspector-General of Police and that has had enforcement issues. That discrepancy has been resolved. Today, His Excellency the President appointed a senior police officer to be the Director-General of the Kenya Coast Guard Service. That senior police officer will be directly answerable to the Inspector-General of Police. The other agencies can be addressed by seconding other officers like Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers and other enforcement agencies. That matter has been resolved. That is why perhaps for Lake Naivasha, we have not managed to enforce the law because of the command issues that existed. Today, in line with Section 17 of the Kenya Coast Guard Act, the command issue has been resolved. Finally, on the issue of establishing a GSU camp in Igembe Central, I can also make that commitment within the one-month commitments that I have made, because I know we have resolved the issues that were outstanding."
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