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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, then, my two minutes start now. One of the difficulties that the Kenya Defence Forces will face is the limitation that has been imposed by the Constitution that they cannot be deployed within our borders to maintain peace even in the event that we continue worrying, and I hope we will never do that again, without the approval of Parliament. If Parliament is in recess, then there will be difficulties because we will have to wait and in the waiting, we may lose lives. That is something that we need to ask for. As I conclude, one of the things that we need to amend in this Bill is subjecting the appointment of those in charge of the forces to Parliament. If we introduce politics within our Defence Forces, I do not think we will achieve what we want. We may lose the professionalism and the discipline that we have seen in the past. It is not useful for us to subject those appointments to Parliament. Finally, I want to thank them for the work they have done at the Indian Ocean on piracy. This has enabled this country to grow economically. It has also enabled tourism to grow. With those remarks, I support."
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