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    "id": 307379,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the importance of an intelligence gathering unit in a country cannot be overemphasized. We need a full, efficient, and functioning intelligence gathering unit. We have to be very careful, otherwise, we would create a State within a State. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at this Bill, which I believe my Committee will bring amendments to change, you will realize that it requires that if any State organ, department or officer, which includes the President, is given information, then the officer must implement the recommendations from the NIS. That is a role that is overriding even the role that is given to the President of the Republic of Kenya. The role of the NIS should be to gather intelligence and give it to the relevant authority. If the relevant authority fails to utilize it, that authority should be held accountable, but we cannot have a situation where you elect a President and even the NIS has more powers than the President to dictate what the President needs to do with the information that is given to him. Probably, this is informed by what we were told that in 2007, some information came from the NSIS to the Executive to the effect that there would be some chaos, but because someone was negligent or slept on the job at that time should not be an excuse to override the constitutional power of the President. I notice that in this country, when an institution fails, we try to look for an alternative body to perform the functions of that institution. That is why this Bill, which I believe was majorly contributed to by the NSIS itself, is giving itself powers to prosecute. If we have a Director of Public Prosecution, he should discharge his or her duties. If he fails, then he should go home and we hire someone who is competent to do the job. We"
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