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    "id": 331978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to Article 240 of the Constitution, the National Security Council comprises of the President, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Defence and Internal Security which the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security occupies. The Chairman of the National Security Council is the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces. I believe that the Commander-in-Chief commands the Defence Forces. When the Minister says that the Kenya Defence Forces were asked to help, I do not know what command would come in the language of: “Can you, kindly assist?” That is not a command. So, I do not know how the Minister will wriggle out of this but I believe that a resolution of the National Security Council to the KDF to take up certain assignments is deployment. But more fundamentally is the fact that of late, there has been a tendency to invite the military to every internal insecurity situation. This was the case in Tana River, Baragoi and Garissa. We are fast approaching the General Election. What has the Minister done, in his capacity as the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, to ensure that the internal insecurity situation is left in the hands of internal security organs so that the country gets demilitarized in readiness for the General Election so that we do not get into the elections with the military all over the country?"
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