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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Defence",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Sen. Maanzo, this is a discussion. We have a choice. We cannot have our cake and eat it. Sen. Sifuna will agree with me that if we have to keep to a global standard, we allow those who want to use the Freedom Corner to go there peacefully or people to go and do socioeconomic activity in that park, or do three rallies, the park goes back to where it was. Two years ago, I was a practitioner in the political class. I know our supporters. That is why I said I am a founding member of the ODM, particularly those parties that can raise numbers. You cannot control your numbers. So, please, let us work together. It is not about policy. I ask the leadership of the Senate and the Senator for Nairobi City County, please, we want that beautiful place to be there for generations. That, people will say, when Sen. Sifuna was a Senator, the park was opened and many Senators of Nairobi will come back. So, let all of us have a discussion on this. We have many other places. In fact, these days, the trend is you use the top of the vehicles. You do not need a podium. Very few politicians these days use a podium and sitting. It is a bit more costly. These days, you assemble the crowd and use your vehicle. Mine is just to make sure that the good work that the Ministry of Defence and the whole team in Nairobi City County have done, does not go to waste. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think I have answered that. Sen. Shakila, we are working with you. It is our mandate and core duty. We are waiting for some resources from the Ministry of Roads and Transport. We really want to make sure that all the security roads and airstrips in our country are done, the way we have done the cutline for the Boni Forest. During the El Niño, we realized that our airstrips are in a very bad shape and so we could not reach Kenyans. Therefore, in every remote part of our country, we will designate security roads to be built by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and the Ministry of Roads and Transport. We will also improve on our airstrips to enable us carry out operations such as evacuation of citizens when they are marooned by floods."
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