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    "id": 926070,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13239,
        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
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    "content": "THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the Inquiry into Land Acquisition by the Kenya Defence Forces for the Establishment of Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Narok County, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd April 2019. The Committee, pursuant to Standing Order No.216 (5), resolved to conduct an inquiry into the military land acquisition for establishment of the FOB in Narok County and our Terms of Reference were as follows: (1) Establish the location, size and use of land; (2) Establish the amount of money set aside for the project and the budgetary allocation for the project; (3) Find out whether or not an environmental impact assessment has been carried out and the details of the report on the exercise; (4) Establish whether or not there was any agreement entered into with any individual(s) or firm(s) regarding the purchase of the land; and (5) Report to the House on the Committee’s observations, findings and recommendations for consideration and adoption. We did all that. As I have said, we tabled the Report on 2nd April this year. The Committee also undertook several activities, including requesting for written submissions and analyses on the various aspects. We also conducted meetings with various stakeholders and received oral submissions among other things. Let me apprise the House a little bit on what this Forward Operating Base is all about. It is part of the Kenya Airforce modernisation programme. It started in the 2013/2014 Financial Year. This programme entails deployment of modernised radars. I will attempt to talk in the military way. It is an attempt because I do not have that background. I know there are colleagues here who are well-versed in the issue of modernised radars. These radars are to be deployed into the Kenyan airspace in several locations. New locations that have been identified by KDF include Mariakani, Narok County and Lodwar. Those are for new installations. These are meant for effective monitoring of our airspace and also to react to airspace threats. The KDF has always continued to set up bases for air defence. I said that I will talk a lot about military. They have air defence regiments which are in various strategic locations within the country. This air defence is a measure taken to deny an enemy the use of airspace. This use of air defence is done in a 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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