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    "id": 1291195,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1291195/?format=api",
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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",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. To respond to the question by the Senator for Nandi County, Kenya has participated in peace keeping missions since time immemorial. It is very sad that at one time, we were country number four in peacekeeping mission, but we are now at number 41. That is why we have made a deliberate attempt particularly under this administration, to make sure that we regain our position and do better. Rwanda, which was behind us, is now at number three in peacekeeping mission. I thank Parliament for the passage of the Peace Fund three months ago. Its passage was very critical. We are now in the process of putting the implementation structure. The Senator also asked how much we have received from the ATMIS for as reimbursement for the last five years. We received roughly Kshs500 million every year. That is around Kshs2.5 billion in five years. This is part of the reason we brought the Peace Fund. The money goes to the National Treasury and not to the Ministry of Defence. We have now made a deliberate attempt to pass through the Cabinet because we want the Peace Fund to be domiciled at the Ministry of Defence. We will use that money to modernise and buy more equipment for our security forces without putting more pressure on the Exchequer."
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