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    "id": 570243,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "(ii) The Mutual Defence Pact between the Republic of Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda; and (iii) The Agreement on the Establishment of the Eastern Africa Standby Force. Even as I proceed to move, it would be remiss for me not pay tribute to the 14 Kenyans who lost their lives in the Al Shabaab attack in Soko Mbuzi in Mandera, 12 of whom are from Nyeri County. Eleven of those who lost their lives are from Kieni Constituency and one young man of 28 years, David Mwangi, is from Kangaita Village in Tetu Constituency, which I have the honour of representing. I also take the opportunity to condemn the violence in the strongest terms possible and to express outrage of Kenyans at large, specifically of the people of Nyeri County. We note with grave concern the racial and religious profiling and increasing segregation as the agenda that the Al Shabaab are perpetuating in North Eastern Kenya. The Al Shabaab appears to perpetuate a separatist agenda, which would also appear to achieve what the Shifta campaigns failed to achieve in the 1960s. We also commend the police for their quick response which minimised further loss of life. The Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations will soon be bringing a Motion to the Floor of this House to debate the situation in northern Kenya in relation to Al Shabaab . The East African Community Protocol and Cooperation in Defence matters is made pursuant to Article 125 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community (EAC). The Article permits EAC States to establish a framework for cooperation in defence matters. This Treaty was signed by the Heads of State on 28th April 2012, and all EAC States are signatories. This Treaty will replace the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Cooperation in Defence which was signed on 3rd November 2001. This Treaty provides a framework for cooperation in the following areas: military training, joint operations, technical cooperation and visits between countries in exchange of information. The Treaty creates institutional and co-ordination mechanisms for defence cooperation and contains the Status of Forces Agreements (SOFA) as per Section 37(2) of the Kenya Defence Forces Act. Major issues dealt with in the Status of Forces Agreement include: criminal jurisdiction for East African Community Forces in partner states and settlement of claims against visiting forces as per Section 37(1)(d) of the Kenya Defence Forces Act (KDF). Exemption of taxation is also one of the areas which is addressed in the Agreement and lays ground for the Mutual Defence Pact (MDP)."
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