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    "id": 1291249,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1291249/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, I thought the good Senator for Samburu County would thank the KDF for bringing stability to the six counties of the North Rift, including Samburu. We are in Samburu and the North Rift courtesy of a provision of law. Article 241(3) (c), states that - “The Defence Forces may be deployed to restore peace in any part of Kenya affected by unrest or instability only with the approval of the National Assembly”. Article 241(3)(b) states - “They shall assist and cooperate with other authorities in situations of emergency or disaster and report to the National Assembly whenever deployed in such situations”. Currently, we are in the North Rift region courtesy of Article 241(3) (b). If the situation requires that we need to go there ourselves, we shall go to the National Assembly using that Article. I am sure the great Senator comes from that place. It has experienced cattle rustling and banditry since time immemorial in President Kenyatta’s, Moi’s, Kibaki’s and Uhuru’s governments. The time has come to allow the citizens of the region to become part and parcel of the Kenyan development agenda. Their children must go to school, their women must do business in all the trading centres, roads must be passable, criminals must be dealt with and above all those four counties must benefit from the budget and the national development of this country. Today, I am happy to report that we have dealt with and silenced the guns. We are helping communities. Yesterday, under the direction of the President and Commander in Chief, we approved the ‘Curb Memo’ that Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki and I have initiated and passed by the National Security Council (NSC) before coming to the Cabinet. This was to make sure that as we dealt with the kinetic forces, we could bring socio-economic development."
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