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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado Central, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Memusi Kanchory",
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    "content": "Let me also start by adding my voice to those of my colleagues in support of this legislation by the Committee on Delegation Legislation. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations and I have served in that Committee for a period of three terms. I must say that our disciplined forces are one of the most disciplined in terms of financial management. This has been seen when there is a crisis in any of Government Departments, for example, Kenya Meat Commission (KMC). We called upon the military to step in and assist in reviving KMC, and that was done. This Fund is one that will go a long way because the military has been responsive not just internally but also outside the country. Recently, we approved our military forces to go to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This potentially strains Treasury because we require about Ksh7 billion urgently for this mission. Kenya has earned a good reputation in peacekeeping around our neighbours. This Fund seeks to release the pressure that National Treasury gets whenever our gallant forces are required to intervene anywhere. Even locally, when our military was required to support our police forces in the north, if this Fund was in operation, we would not have strained Treasury. When the United Nations is giving us as a country money for peacekeeping missions, this money is sent directly to the Treasury. We are aware that the country is straining financially and so, when such monies are received, you find that the Government has to prioritise and that money is put where there is immediate need. I rise to support this Fund. The military have proved their financial prudence. They have never had bad reputation. The money that we allocate them in the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations has always been put into very good use. I support. Thank you."
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