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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion. As a Member of the Committee, I want to say the following. First of all let me congratulate our defence forces for the good work they have been doing in trying to defend the territorial integrity, or the boundaries of this country. It is a good job and we pay tribute to those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We know they have lost their lives on our behalf and for us, as a country. We must always be very grateful to them. Coming from what my good friend, Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, has just said and since this country is now more insecure than before because of several reasons, mostly because of having unstable neighbours, especially Somalia, it is good that we double our capacity in the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in terms of personnel and hardware and modernise them. The KDF were used as a force for peace keeping mostly by the United Nations (UN) in various countries, but things have changed. As much as we still have that role, we now have the other angle of struggling and stretching our resources in defending our boundaries. For that reason, we need to double our capacity in terms of personnel; we always recruit for the KDF. Maybe we should even undertake stimulus recruitment the way we have done with the National Police Service (NPS); we did a double intake. So I call upon the Government to consider that and this House will always be very ready to give both financial and legal support that may be required to increase the capacity of our defence forces. On personnel, I know the numbers and I am not going to say them. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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