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    "id": 887337,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/887337/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih,",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13417,
        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
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    "content": " Hon Speaker, this matter has been exhausted so I will be extremely very brief. I am just going to note what Members have debated. As a recap, this project is called the Kenya-Somalia Border Securitization Project. It consists of a number of integrated or linked phases. It has walls, fences, ditches, airstrips, patrol roads, border-control command centres - there is one in Wajir - and surveillance systems. It is not just a wall. It is unfortunate that when some Members were debating this issue, they only talked about the length of the wall. I want to reiterate that it is not just a wall, it is a border securitization project. The project was started in 2015 initially under the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government. Later on, in 2016, the Ministry of Defence took over the project. The total budget for the entire project upon completion is Kshs8 billion. It is good to note that the Kshs8 billion is what has been budgeted for the completion of the project all the way from Border Post 1 to Border Post 29. So far Kshs1.7 billion has been expended towards the work that has been done. You can see that in the Status Report Page 32. This is a status report which is to apprise Members on the progress of the project. We undertook this matter as a Committee, on our own volition based on our Standing Orders, to go and check what the project entails and how far it has gone. Indeed, Members need to be aware of it. We, therefore, brought a status report to show what has been done and how much money has been spent so far. The project’s aim is to have a controlled and manned entry/exit of the borders. This border is 700 kilometers long. It is also porous. The aim is to ensure that we have manned and controlled movement of persons and goods. As much as it will enhance security, it is not a guarantee per se that once the project is complete, we will be 100 per cent safe and secure. However, it is a step in the right direction. Members’ contributions were sensational about the money. They said that a lot of money was going to be spent on this project. I happened to have worked for the Ministry of Defence as a military officer. One thing I can vouch for the Kenya 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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