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    "id": 306941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/306941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Haji",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Defence and Acting Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 26,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the National Intelligence Service Bill be read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the National Security Intelligence Service was established in 1999 following the enactment of the National Security Intelligence Service Act, No.11 of 1998. The service is an independent civilian agency with no law enforcement powers, and whose role in matters of national security is advisory. Its main objective is the protection of our national security interest. Prior to the establishment of the service, the intelligence function was performed by the defunct Directorate of Security Intelligence (DSI), the legal successor to the Special Branch. These were departments within the Kenya Police and all operated under presidential charters. The enactment of this NSIS Act was, therefore, a watershed in the history of intelligence in Kenya, besides heralding the establishment of the independent civilian service. The enactment triggered a paradigm shift in the execution of intelligence function, which resulted in the professionalism of the service, establishment of accountability mechanism and adoption of new ethics and international best practices. Today, the service is regarded as one of the most professional intelligence service in Africa. However, over the years, the service has experienced challenges in the execution of its mandate spanned mainly by the ever changing threats in the environment as dictated by internal and external dynamics. While new threats, from both without and within keep on engaging it, the traditional ones are becoming more complex and sophisticated. These challenges have been compounded by noted deficiencies in the NSIS Act, the main ones being lack of adequate powers and absence."
}