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    "id": 308973,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 6- (a) by inserting the words “subject to section 43” immediately after the words “other emissions” appearing in paragraph (c) of sub-clause (2); (b) by deleting the words “a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both” appearing in sub-clause (4) and substituting therefor the words “a fine not exceeding five million shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or both” Mr. Chairman, Sir, you did not give me the chance to contribute on the other aspects but I think I want to ask the hon. Members here that we need to appreciate, first of all, the work or the main function of NSIS. If you look at our own history, you will realize that they came from the Special Branch to National Security Intelligence Service and to now National Intelligence Service. The import of this is that they are required to advise the Government on all the intelligence issues – every aspect of our lives through the relevant Government departments. So, whether we legislate it or not, this is a core function and in most cases, we need to appreciate that there is no proper written rule for NSIS to function. If we appreciate this, we will be in a position to agree on other things. What this particular amendment seeks to cure is that the main function of the service, first of all, is to collect, analyse, synthesize and then disseminate information to the relevant Government departments. If you look at Clause 6(2)(c), in the process of executing their main function, there must be a clear modus operandi that is in tandem with the Constitution. This, again, was an agreed position. So, what we resolved was to put a limit so that they do not enjoy unlimited power that it is not clearly demonstrated within the law. Again, this was a consensus position. So, we have evoked Section 42 or 43 of the"
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