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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to speak. We are not being very judicious in the way that we are handling this matter. We are dealing with the recruitment of personnel. We are not dealing with military operations. We are dealing with a process that is guaranteed under Article 10 of the Constitution on our national values of transparency and accountability. Article 35 of the Constitution and Section 18 of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act give this House the power to ask for the information that the Members have requested. We cannot hide behind mere statements. Disclosing the names of the people who were recruited under fraudulent circumstances does not pose a security risk to the Republic of Kenya. A crime has been committed and this House cannot shield the commission of a crime. It is fraudulent to deny people their rightful chance to be recruited to the KDF in their sub-counties by importing other people into their sub-counties, and then claiming that there is some security issue. A crime has been committed. It is fraud. This House has the power to… The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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