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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a good question and I appreciate it. We only ask the Office of the President for guidance on the administrative units and nothing else. The Ministry has a policy. Last week, I explained in this House that even in accordance with the current Constitution, there must be equitable distribution of positions in the Armed Forces. Consequent upon this, we have set a process of identifying the numbers we have of each ethnic group as per the population census that we went through. On this basis, we are able to know that the population of community “x” is this and the proportion or percentage of that community in the population is so much. We want that to be reflected in the Armed Forces. It is on the basis of that policy of equitable distribution of these positions that we are able to ensure that if community “x” has so many people in the population of Kenya, then that must be reflected in the recruitment. Admittedly, in the past, this has not been followed. However, I want to assure hon. Members that this will be done in the next few years. This is a matter that the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations has been clearly briefed. It is fully in the picture of how this happens."
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