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    "id": 1368844,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1368844/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that Message. I have listened to what the Leader of the Minority Party portends. One would even argue that we do not have any role in the matter if it is not a constitutional requirement. We must appreciate that the President and the Executive have been very magnanimous. We are the people's representatives, including officers who serve in the National Youth Service (NYS), the National Police Service (NPS), and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). The House should consider certain questions that linger in the minds of Kenyans. For instance, if we deploy any of our armed forces or servicemen to any part of the world, will we incur costs that should be appropriated by this House? Therefore, it is a fallacy that this House would even question the matter. Just as the President was magnanimous enough to ask his Cabinet Secretaries to be accountable to the House and Kenyans through their elected representatives, the Executive also seeks to be accountable to Kenyans, whom we represent. Therefore, that Message is properly before this House. As you have directed, Hon. Speaker, the Committee should consider it and answer those pertinent questions. We never appropriated any resources to deploy forces outside the country other than what we approved for the KDF in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). If we deploy our police service to Haiti, who will pay for the bill? I am waiting for the Committee to deal with that question and tell us whether we need to appropriate more resources or whether someone else will pay. The rest of the world should pay for our servicemen if it is a United Nations (UN) mission."
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