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    "id": 287494,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am so delighted that hon. Keynan was able to give that information to hon. Sirat. I was answering the question as asked by the Member for Wajir South. If the hon. Member listened carefully, the Member for Wajir South was actually casting aspersions on our Defence Forces and saying that they were not as efficient as the Ethiopians. I was actually going to tell him that he is blaming the Kenya Defence Forces for something that is not their responsibility. I am very much aware of the provisions which the hon. Member has read, and the Member for Wajir South needs to actually be informed. I hope that he is now properly informed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kenya Internal Security Forces; that is, the Kenya Police, Administration Police and so on, are in charge of internal security. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, they monitor crossings at the border and the territory to ensure that our borders are secure. We also have a National Security Council. We also have a National Security Advisory Committee which brings together all the heads of various security forces for regular comparison and exchange of information. I want to inform the honourable Member that I disagree with the notion that Ethiopian Forces are more efficient than Kenyan forces. It has now been accepted universally by those who are involved in Somalia that it was until the Kenyan Security forces got involved in Somalia that the situation was very fluid. The entry of Kenyans into the scene in Somalia completely turned the tables and changed everything. Even our friends from Uganda who had been thinking that the Kenyan Military was more elitist now admit that Kenyan soldiers know how to fight."
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