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    "id": 578055,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Listening to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, Hon. Kamama, I would like to support the adoption of this Sessional Paper. However, I think that it needs review even before we adopt it. Like he said, it is long overdue. It has been developed over time. Some of the things it speaks to do not respond to the current Kenyan conflict scenario. So, even before we adopt it, there ought to be a thought in terms of how to review it. The forward of this particular policy paper is very well --- The former Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Interior and Coordination of National Government had very interesting thoughts. He said that with the devolved system of governance under the Constitution 2010 dispensation, most of these threats and challenges to peace and security are likely to increase which is also true. You find that hitherto areas where there was already relative calm, the new devolved units of Government also create issues that are fairly conflict-related. The devolved unit should be used in a manner that would harness peace. This is so that we do not just talk about the devolved units being possible insecurity-rising scenarios. We need to see how best to use them in terms of creating security issues. The vision of this particular policy paper has been well thought out. It enhances co- ordination, prevention, mitigation and management of conflicts. That vision speaks fairly well. If you look at the first objective which speaks to developing conflict prevention strategies and structures to address root causes of internal and cross border conflicts I think that both the vision and the first objective having been thought out properly, the rest of the body of the policy then does not speak to issues that would be towards conflict prevention. If you look at bullet 1.16, it talks to the issues that cause insecurity, that is, factors such as poor governance, poverty, competition for scarce resources and identity-based rivalries as some of the factors that push for conflict. Nothing in this policy paper shows how issues of poor governance, poverty and competition are addressed. So then, whereas you want to mitigate, which is the initial objective of this policy paper, you do not have a steady stream in terms of how those challenges are being addressed. The problem statement of this policy is very good. The fact that there has not been a co- ordination forum for peace building and conflict management means that people have been doing haphazard things. There have been various interventions. It is true that there ought to be need to find out how to carry out peace and conflict management issues in an organized and structured manner. To the extent that they are establishing a secretariat, that is good enough. However, it says that the role of the National Peace Council Secretariat that they are creating is going to be similar to that of the National Security Council. So, where in the policy is a clear distinction between the various secretariats of the National Peace Council and that of the National Security Council? That is what I would want them to respond to. The strategic focus says that it hopes to make Kenya a just and cohesive society with equitable socio-economic development. That is a very good thing because it is borrowed directly from the aspirations of Vision 2030. We are hoping that such a thing will help respond to Vision 2030. However, I have a problem with the dimension of the policy which says: “To promote sustainable peace through collaborative institutional framework between state and non-state actors.” 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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