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    "id": 1277338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "over as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence, one of the principles I will be remembered for is ensuring that the rank and leadership of KDF reflect the diversity and the communities in our country. Therefore, equitable slots distribution to counties, sub-counties, and divisions is always completed at the planning phase of the recruitment cycle. The equitable recruitment of slots is based on the following parameters: 1. National population according to the latest national census. 2. Population and demography in each county, sub-county, and, in some cases, some divisions. 3. KDF human resource needs among KDF officers, service members, and constables. 4. Current number of officers, service members, and constables from each county and sub-county. Hon. Speaker, we look holistically at the numbers of our human resources in KDF. Based on that, we will look at the numbers from each sub-county and then create slots for every county and sub-county in our country. Sometimes we look at the socio-political variables, rural versus urban and marginalized versus indigenous groups. Finally, recruiting officers must submit daily returns to the Defence Headquarters to satisfy the defense leadership that quotas are being enforced. For example, in a sub-county in Bungoma County, if the number to be recruited was eight or 10, just like IEBC, we have a command centre at the Defence Headquarters. On a real-time basis, the moment those seven are recruited, their ID, names, age, and everything else are submitted to make sure that nothing goes wrong in between. There were times that people used a lot of corruption where, say, seven people would go to the recruitment centre and are told they have been recruited, but in the evening, they are chased away and replaced with other people. I want to assure this House that oversees us as the people's representatives that General Ogolla and I will ensure that the moment the seven are recruited, our command centre at the Defence Headquarters will receive them in real time so that nobody can change anything. I want the House to take me to task on that matter."
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