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    "id": 677297,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Clause 31 seeks to amend Section 243 to increase the retirement age by two years to 64 years. The retirement age of officers in the KDF is pegged on rank. The proposed increment in the retirement age could afford a full General Officer the opportunity to put their experience in the service of the country. Clause 33 seeks to grant the Defence Council the opportunity to consider application for resignation of commissioner or request for discharge and to provide that resignation takes effect after receipt of the communication from the Defence Council. Because of many reasons that clause deals with the procedure on how an officer can exit the Defence Forces. Clause 34 and 35 specify parts that deal with discipline of officers. It may constitute auxiliary reshuffles of the KDF during the President’s recall. It is important because after one retires from the military they still have the expertise and when the nation needs them, they can be recalled. Clause 41 seeks to empower the Chief of Defence Forces and the subordinate commanders to make Standing Orders. So, it is the work of the CDF and his service commanders to create and change the Standing Orders that are used in the running of KDF. This is to ratify the omission in the KDF Act. It was left when we were creating the KDF Act, 2012, before the power to make Standing Orders was available to the CDF. Having said all this, this is a very important Bill, which is also long overdue because it was here in July 2015. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and Members are here. We will deal with it, and possibly before recess we take it to the Committee of the whole House. With those many remarks, I beg to move and ask the Chair, Member for Tetu to second."
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