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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Soipan Tuya",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Defence",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": "a multi-agency outfit in order to make sure that these deployments remain within the confines of the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senator for Kitui County, Sen. Wambua on the confines of the operation. I believe the question was whether the gazette still subsists for the deployment of 25th June. The parameters for 25th June were clear. I earlier mentioned that there is a court case. There were two gazette notices issued by the Cabinet Secretary then, defining as required by the court directive, the scope, duration and the confines within which the KDF was to operationalize the deployment. With regard to the details of the battalions and their mandate, that is operational and I will not comment on that. The point here is to assure the nation and this House that the deployments are not arbitrary, the deployments are well thought out and the oversight role of the National Assembly, as is required for gazettement, as well as defining the scope and the duration does not give room for misuse of the deployment operations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Mungatana for expressing his respect for the KDF. On his question as to on why we do not have a specific law to define this secondary role of KDF. We do have a law - the Kenya Defense Forces Act. Part 2 of the Act, Sections 32, 33, through to 35, defines the parameters, the scope of engagement, the code of conduct and who takes command for the various levels of deployment. However, this House, is at liberty to review and ensure that if there are any gaps, we would be happy to engage in order to seal any loopholes that may be there. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as it were, the Constitution, read together with the KDF Act, does provide the parameters for operationalising the deployments. Sen. Madzayo, tuko na kesi nyingi across the country, kuhusiana na KDF. Lakini sina habari ya kesi ya Mariakani . Naomba unielezee zaidi . I am not aware of any row that exists between KDF and our operation space at Mariakani. Still, you are welcome to bring that to the fore if, indeed, there is any such dispute between us and the community in Mariakani. With regard to question by Sen. Murgor, Senator for West Pokot County, I appreciate again that you have stated that the north rift is quieter and more conducive. However, it is not devoid of challenges and we constantly engage with our command at the north rift. We have dealt with a few cases. Should you have any outstanding, please bring them to the fore. We have dealt with some cases and we are still ready to deal with any that may be there. As you have said, there is a lot of progress. However, we have challenges here and there. We can address them as they come. The hon. Senator for Tharaka Nithi County on the issue of recruitment. Allow me to say that sometime late last year, we got a fully-fledged notification of recruitment, with all the logos of the KDF and the Ministry published out there. We had no such recruitment going on. So, we have fraudsters out there who dupe Kenyans into believing that. We have Kenyans masquerading as generals out there with full uniforms, full ranks, and the like. I cannot say that there are no challenges that we need to address with a recruitment system. The Defence Council, which I chair, is currently working on a watertight recruitment system. One of the key principles of national security is that the recruitment by the national security organs must reflect the diversity of the Kenyan people and must be in equitable proportions. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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