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    "id": 862144,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a statement relating to the activities of the Standing Committee on National Security, Defense and Foreign Relations, pursuant to Standing Order 51 for the period between 9th August to 9th November, 2018. In the interest of time, I will not introduce the Committee and say the number of Members and how it was formed; that is in the record of the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have considered a number of Bills during this period as follows- (1) The Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.20 of 2018), sponsored by Sen. Waqo. The Bill was referred to the Committee by you on 11th September, 2018. We held a meeting with the sponsor of the Bill and we conducted a public hearing on this Bill. We thereafter considered the submissions received. We met with the National Counter-Terrorism Committee and other stakeholders and we are waiting for the adaption of that report. (2) The County Law Compliance and Enforcement Bill (Senate Bills No.25 of 2018), sponsored by Sen. Khaniri was referred to us as well. We held public hearings on it and considered the views received as well as proposed amendments to the Bill. We have also prepared a report on the same. The Bill is scheduled for Second Reading today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have also processed the following statements- (1) Border dispute between Isiolo and Garissa counties by Sen. Dullo, who is also a very diligent and ranking member of this Committee. We received a response from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and we intend to visit the two counties to assess the situation. (2) Inventory of land and property belonging to the National Police Service (NPS) by Sen. Farhiya. We received a response from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, and we are scheduled to interrogate them with the Committee and further engage Sen. Farhiya. (3) The Statement on Migingo Island by the Leader of Minority, Sen. Orengo, which was referred to us. We held deliberations with the Cabinet Secretaries (CS) for the Ministry of Defense as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, the Committee was not satisfied with the response and the lethargy displayed by the two ministries. We The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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