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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had actually petitioned you that I needed to put the same request that the Departmental Committee moves with speed and makes sure that the issues in Garissa and the issue of deployment of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in Baragoi, Turkana, are addressed. In fact, the Member for Turkana Central should not be in court. This should be appreciated by this House. When we called a Press conference last Thursday, we were concerned that the KDF had been deployed to Turkana County even when the incident that they were referring to was in Samburu County, about 500 kilometres away. They took them to Turkana instead of Samburu County. The Member for Samburu County is here and he knows that we have been asking questions. Even during early Independence in Samburu, every time forces were deployed you could hear of violation of human rights. You will hear of women being raped. In 2009, a Committee of this House on Cattle Rustling made a recommendation that 4,000 cows that had been taken away by security forces from the Samburu be returned. We have been trying to avoid these issues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, more fundamentally is the issue of the rule of law and constitutionalism. Section 241(3) (c) states, and I have the benefit of the fresh mentor hon. Aughostino Neto as my counsel, that the Defence Forces may be deployed to restore peace in any part of Kenya affected by unrest or instability only--- The framers of this Constitution who include most of us here have used the words which are still alive and fresh in our mind. It states thus: “---only with approval of the National Assembly.” When the Executive does not include the National Assembly, it has breached the Constitution! When we raise a basic matter such as that one, the Executive is intimidating and persecuting hon. Members, so that we do not speak on behalf of our own people. What business do we come to do in this House then if not to represent and talk for our people or to say that the KDF cannot be used to kill our own citizens like it has happened in Garissa? You want the Member for Turkana Central to come here and apply the same and say that he has abandoned his duty and obligation to the people of this Republic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House must rise to the occasion and condemn the atrocities visited on Kenyans by our own security organs. Article 239(3) says: “In performing their functions and exercising their powers, the national security organs and every member of the national security organs shall not- (a) act in a partisan manner; (b) further any interest of political party or course; or"
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