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    "content": "Constitution on page 152, it has more than one section. Part I which deals with the principles of national security. There is a section that deals with the national security organs and there is a section that deals with the establishment of the National Security Council, among other things. The President does not tell us – through this Memorandum of His, which is vague - what Article of Chapter 14 that the provisions that were passed by this House have contravened. Therefore, to that extent of being vague and being directly contrary to the law that was passed by this House at the insistence of the Government, it is unconstitutional. However, more importantly, the reason for the recommendation says: Accordingly, there is no county equivalent to the National Security Council. That is the President of the Republic of Kenya telling us that the reason he wants us to change the law that his own Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government moved in this House and we passed it, is because there is no county equivalent to the National Security Council. But what is the truth? I will remind the Government that on 27th August, 2011, His Excellency the President assented to the National Police Service Act. That is when he gave his ascent to a Bill that was passed in this House. The commencement of that law was 30th August, 2011. So, as we stand here now, the President is telling us that there is no equivalent of the National Security Council as far as the counties are concerned. I will not use a more serious word like “deception”, but he is clearly misleading the House. That is because if you look at Section 41 of that Act, Act No.11 of 2011, which the President himself assented to--- I will read it to you. Part VI of that law reads as follows:- Under the County Policing Authority, Part VI has a number of sections and the relevant section for me is Section 41. This is what it says:- “There shall be established a County Policing Authority in respect of each county, which shall comprise---“ So, contrary to what the President is telling us that there is no equivalent of the National Security Council, there is, indeed, a very relevant specific equivalent in the county which the President, himself, assented to. It also says in No.1: “The Governor or Member of the County Executive Committee appointed by the Governor who shall be the Chairperson.”"
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