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    "id": 804164,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/804164/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the outset, I want to thank various Members, led by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, who contributed to this Bill. The Kenya Coast Guard Service Bill, 2017 works to provide for the establishment, functions, discipline, organisation, administration of the Kenya Coast Guard Service and all connected purposes. This Service shall have the mandate of law enforcement and security in managing Kenya’s internal and territorial waters. If we had this Bill in place today and the necessary legal framework, what I saw in the news whereby two Kenyan police and two fishermen are under the custody of the Ugandan Forces would not have happened. We will have an institution that will be responsible and accountable for all our internal and external territorial waters such as Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean. I ask Members to relook at this Bill during the Committee of the whole House. If there are any gaps, let us put them in place so that we join other developed nations like the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), France and even South Africa who have this piece of legislation. They also have a council of service and the technical committee of the service. If we put these institutions in place, they will look at matters which deal with any interference, or how our internal and territorial waters are managed."
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