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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Defence",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am appearing before the House in accordance with Standing Order 42(A) to (G). I am coming back home. The KDF was serving under the East Africa Community (EAC) Regional Force in DRC and more so in Eastern Congo following a resolution of Heads of State and Government after admitting DRC to be a member of EAC in their 22nd Ordinary Summit held in Arusha on 22nd July 2022. It approved, among many other interventions, the immediate establishment and deployment of an EAC regional force in Eastern DRC. Their mandate was to help deal with negative forces in the spirit of collective security under a two-front approach – political and military track. In the context of the military track, which I have the benefit of discussing and giving an answer to this House, the EAC Chief of Defence Forces implemented the decision to establish a regional force. The Heads of State subsequently approved it. Thereafter, the KDF was deployed to DRC in August 2022 to operate specifically in Eastern DRC alongside troops from the Republics of Burundi, South Sudan, and Uganda. In this deployment, the KDF contingent to the East African Community Regional Forces (EACRF) went through our country's legal framework and Constitution. The National Security Council (NSC) approved it. The National Assembly, this august House, in conformity with provisions of Article 240(8)(a) of our Constitution, empowered NSC and Ministry of Defence to deploy national forces and, more so, KDF outside our country for regional and international peace support operations. That approval was granted. Secondly, the EACRF, which KDF is part of, is premised on Chapter Eight of the United Nations Charter, which encourages regional mechanisms to deal with matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security before referring the matter to the United Nations Security Council. Let me now come to the Question. What are the milestones and achievements of KDF, who are serving under the EACRF? Before KDF deployment in DRC, the M23, one of the main armed groups in North Kivu, was at the threshold of capturing a very important City called ‘Goma’, which is a strategic location and major population centre. They were only seven The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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