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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report. From the onset, I would like to say that I am a member of this Committee. In most of those events that are said to be in question, like public participation, I attended a few of them. Let me say that the need for the country to be secured cannot be gainsaid. The fact that the military needs to modernise and to be able to synchronise with what is happening in the world in terms of security of a country is critical. That is what led and informed the Ministry of Defence when they found that the bases that they had did not have as rapid response as they would like given the new technological advancements that have been experienced even in other countries. That is why they said, especially on the southern side, that it was necessary for us to have a secure base to secure our country from any aggression or invasion. Same as is happening on the northern side. I say this knowing that Kenya has been going through various tribulations in terms of invasion and some aggression. We are just experiencing a maritime dispute, which has come 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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