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    "id": 700151,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 34. I am not a foreteller of events, but I can almost guarantee you we will have no objection to this particular deletion. The proposed amendment in the Bill gives the President powers to order auxiliary reserve forces to be part of the KDF, which in effect, and as was observed by the Members of the Committee, may arguably give room for the militarisation of the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the National Youth Service (NYS). Further, pursuant to Article 241 of the Constitution, KFS, KWS and NYS do not form part of the KDF. For the avoidance of doubt and to avoid that eventuality or possibility, the Members felt it would be prudent to delete that clause in totality, so that that possibility or eventuality, which we know would cause problems not only on the Floor of this House, but also in the minds of Kenyans, may not arise."
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