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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. First of all, I want to thank you for indulging me yesterday. I was supposed to present this proposal, but I was away with permission as you have said. Therefore, I rise to support the Motion as amended this afternoon, by the Chair of Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Departmental Committee on Foreign Relations Committee oversees four Government Ministries and agencies, one, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Ministry of East African Community (EAC) and Northern Corridor Development and the National Intelligence Service (NIS). So, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to make my contribution to this Motion in a form of three clusters because two of the Ministries that we oversee are under the National Security sector, that is the Ministry of Defence and NIS. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is clustered under the Administration sector and the Ministry of EAC is under the general economic and commercial affairs sector. In security, threats remain alive with the Somalia-based Al Shabaab threatening to attack as the holy month of Ramadhan continues. On the diplomatic front, Kenya is on the offensive with the recent opening of a mission is Havana, Cuba, and more lined up in the 2018/2019 Financial Year. In the medium term expenditure framework sector classification, as I have said, Defence and NIS are classified under the National Security sector, while the foreign affairs and international trade is classified under the public administration and international relations. The Ministry of EAC and Northern Corridor Development is classified under the general economic, commercial affairs sector. These sectors are key in the delivery of goals and objectives of the three pillars of Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as the Big Four Agenda. Following the tabling of these Estimates, the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations held a briefing with the Parliamentary Budget Office and subsequently held consultative meetings with the Ministries which it exercises oversight. The committee meetings took place from Monday 14th to Thursday 17th May 2018. I am happy to note that the National Security sector has been funded to a tune of Kshs111 billion to the Ministry of Defence, Kshs31.2 billion for the NIS against a resource requirement of Kshs121 billion and Kshs43 billion, respectively. The allocation for the sector will be utilized to provide a secure environment that is safe and conflict-free to promote public confidence and also to integrate the various sectors of the economy. A secure environment attracts investments to a country as no investor would want to invest in a troubled and conflict-infested society. Additionally, the resources will go towards security intelligence and counter intelligence, modernisation and expansion of surveillance system and operational support infrastructure. It is noted that the investment that has been put in the two Government agencies - that is Defence and National Intelligence Service in the security sector - has yielded some positive fruits that are seen in the reduction of terrorist attacks over the last two or three years. National Security is a prerequisite in providing enabling environment for implementation of the flagship project for Vision 2030, such as Lamu Port-South-Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor, ensuring exploitation of natural resources such as oil for development, protecting the population and other The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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