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    "id": 926089,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": "suitability, the value for money, if the environmental impact assessment had been done and if due diligence had been done by the Military; that it does not really affect the community that lives in Narok. Terminologies which were used by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations are also not classified because they can be found on the World Wide Web as things which are very common. Radars in this country are located in almost five or six places to provide coverage to the Kenyan airspace. This one has been located in Narok to cover an existing radar gap that exists within our air space to establish aircraft or aerial platforms that move within our airspace. For that reason, as the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, when seized of this matter, we were convinced about installing this radar station and air defence regiment and a runway that in totality will form a Forward Operating Base (FOB). An FOB is a base that the military establishes to give it a forward horizon. As you operate, if your base is in Nairobi and you want to reach the shores of Lake Victoria, then your FOB will be possibly in Nakuru, Kericho or Eldoret. It gives you a forward edge so that the turnaround time for aircraft and aerial platforms that you use, including remotely piloted vehicles, is quick. The Kenyan Airspace Management, although we are just looking at the military in this Report, also involves the use or coordination with the Kenya Civil Aviation (KCA). They must operate together to find whether an FOB that is eventually located in Narok interferes with the air traffic of the normal carriers that enter the Kenyan airspace or whether it gives us an opportunity to intercept a foreign aircraft that transgresses through our airspace. For that reason, we have come up with this Report to confirm to the House that it is necessary for the military to have this FOB in Narok. The questions that arise are on acquiring land for public use. One of the difficulties that the Committee was seeing through this process is that this land belongs to individuals. Individuals are put together to come up with those 5,000 acres. Individuals are put together to come up with a runway that measures 1.5 kilometres. Also, individuals are put together to come up with a location where you are going to put up an air defence regiment. All this is going to be a big challenge because certain individuals might not be willing to sell their land, and yet it falls within this area that has been identified by the military to be suitable. During their reconnaissance, the Military was fully aware that this area falls very close to the Maasai Mara ecosystem that houses the major wildlife heritage for this country. For that reason, the Committee talked to Defence on whether the environmental impact assessment had been done. If that has not been done, it might interfere with the free flow of wildlife in the Mara ecosystem. Finally, the Report was to establish whether there was an agreement entered into with individuals or firms that were going to give out this land to the military. Our Constitution is very clear that in acquiring public land or land for public utility, the NLC, under Article 63 of our Constitution, must play a major role in confirming, verifying and paying those who are affected through excision of the parcels of land. With those remarks, I beg to second."
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