{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138458","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138456","results":[{"id":1400981,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400981/?format=json","text_counter":142,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Duale","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Defence","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I sat with the hon. Senator for Turkana County, Sen. Lomenen. The whole issue of that road not being complete is complex. A big mistake was done. We must protect our borders. Due to insecurity, those who were building the road left the road somewhere, which is not our border with South Sudan. We are working on that as a multi-agency team. The Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya is chairing that team. I am also a member. We will bring a very comprehensive report to both Houses. Secondly, the KDF has made a very deliberate policy decision in the last five years. That, going forward, we will put our major installations of the Air Force, Navy in the Coast and different formation of the Kenyan Army along our borders. I thank the leadership of Turkana County for giving us more than five locations. We now have an Air Force Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Lodwar Airport. We will do the same in Marsabit. We are engaging with them to build a number of camps. We want to devolve our functions on our border with Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Indian Ocean, South Sudan and Tanzania so that it becomes very easy to respond to security emergencies along the border. We want to move from our traditional bases in Nakuru, Eldoret and Nairobi. We even want to shift our training camps to the North Rift, Turkana, West Pokot and Samburu. Those terrain are the best to train our soldiers. So, rest assured. Sen. Cheruiyot, the matter of North Rift is very complicated. For us to use Article 241 (3)(c), if you look at the Constitution, it is the National Security Council to direct, in a resolution, that where it has reached, the military must take charge. When the provision of Article 241 (3) (c) is invoked, I will come to both Houses of the Legislature and seek their approval. I am ready and willing to do so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are in a multi-agency team under Article 241(3)(b). I can assure hon. Members that we are working with our colleague in the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki. We have reduced incidents of terror by about 85 per cent. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1400982,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400982/?format=json","text_counter":143,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Duale","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Defence","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":"As the President said, we are not doing very well. We must deal with the 15 per cent. We have a number of strategies that the Ministry of Interior and National Administration under Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki is putting in place in the next two months. If that will not work, I want to assure the Senate Majority Leader that Article 241 (3) (c) will be invoked, the way we did it in Mt. Elgon many years ago; we will go to that region. I state categorically and decisively that in this administration, banditry will be a thing of the past. President William Ruto committed to this in his speech and in our manifesto. I ask leaders from those counties that it cannot be business as usual. They need to work with us. We are now treating these bandits the way we treat Al-Shabaab in our dealings with them along the border of Kenya and Somalia. Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, my senior, who inducted me to the Legislature many years ago, I thank you. We did a very good job in Kisumu. The shipyard is our flagship defence project and it is doing very well. I want to thank Major General Otieno and his team for a good job done. We have now become a leader in shipbuilding in East and Central African Region and the whole of Africa. We are doing some work now at Mbita in Homa Bay. We are working with Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Kenya Shipyard Limited (KSL) under the Ministry of Defence, but the problem is resources. The traffic between Kenya and Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda and Kenya and Tanzania is picking up. We want to bring back the Independence Day of the first Government, where the lake was a very critical infrastructure in the movement of goods and services. We need to save our roads from these big trucks carrying fuel. One of the ships that KSL has built carries about 16 million litres, which can move within 11 hours across the lake. This is better than trucks, which damage the road and cause accidents. We are doing a lot of work in the lake region. I take this opportunity to brief Sen. (Dr.) Oburu and the leadership of that region. Sen. Shakila Abdalla, there are certain roads we have earmarked as security roads within Lamu and the North. We have even created a budget and said that the KDF is going to take charge of those. I have airstrips for our own operations and security roads. I agree with you, we will put these roads to murram standard. That will even help us in preventing terrorists not to use their weapon of choice, which is Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the entire leadership of Lamu County. Since we met, they are working with us and we have reduced the incidence of terror. Our team plus the Ministry of Interior and National Administration team and the National Police Service (NPS) have now secured the Lamu enclave. We are making sure that we destroy even the terrorist infrastructure, not only in Kenya, but in their home base in Somalia where they hide. I am sure. We do not say it a lot, but the country has been fairly very peaceful. We have secured Nairobi and all other cities from any acts of terror. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1400983,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400983/?format=json","text_counter":144,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Duale","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Defence","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":"Sen. Maanzo, this is a discussion. We have a choice. We cannot have our cake and eat it. Sen. Sifuna will agree with me that if we have to keep to a global standard, we allow those who want to use the Freedom Corner to go there peacefully or people to go and do socioeconomic activity in that park, or do three rallies, the park goes back to where it was. Two years ago, I was a practitioner in the political class. I know our supporters. That is why I said I am a founding member of the ODM, particularly those parties that can raise numbers. You cannot control your numbers. So, please, let us work together. It is not about policy. I ask the leadership of the Senate and the Senator for Nairobi City County, please, we want that beautiful place to be there for generations. That, people will say, when Sen. Sifuna was a Senator, the park was opened and many Senators of Nairobi will come back. So, let all of us have a discussion on this. We have many other places. In fact, these days, the trend is you use the top of the vehicles. You do not need a podium. Very few politicians these days use a podium and sitting. It is a bit more costly. These days, you assemble the crowd and use your vehicle. Mine is just to make sure that the good work that the Ministry of Defence and the whole team in Nairobi City County have done, does not go to waste. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think I have answered that. Sen. Shakila, we are working with you. It is our mandate and core duty. We are waiting for some resources from the Ministry of Roads and Transport. We really want to make sure that all the security roads and airstrips in our country are done, the way we have done the cutline for the Boni Forest. During the El Niño, we realized that our airstrips are in a very bad shape and so we could not reach Kenyans. Therefore, in every remote part of our country, we will designate security roads to be built by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and the Ministry of Roads and Transport. We will also improve on our airstrips to enable us carry out operations such as evacuation of citizens when they are marooned by floods."},{"id":1400984,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400984/?format=json","text_counter":145,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Cabinet Secretary, there was the issue of Uhuru Gardens."},{"id":1400985,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400985/?format=json","text_counter":146,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Aden Duale","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Defence","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, Uhuru Gardens is completely different from Uhuru Park and Central Park. We have completed about 85 per cent of Uhuru Gardens and the National Museum of Kenya (NMK). We have completed the Gallery of the first President. We have done the one for President Moi, President Kibaki and the military. We have also done the one on the history of Kenya. We are about 85 per cent done. Very soon, dignitaries will start going to Uhuru Gardens and the NMK to lay wreaths at the tomb of the unknown soldiers, where we have inscribed the names of freedom fighters in our country. In fact, not soon, because we are already doing it. We are now working with the NMK. I think we shall open it in four to five months. We have agreed that as we build more galleries, we will open the ones that we have now. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1400986,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400986/?format=json","text_counter":147,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Aden Duale","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Defence","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, one day under your leadership, we are ready to take you round. It is good to see it rather than hear about it. If you ask us, we will make arrangements and our team will take you round. We are working with the NMK and other stakeholders to make sure that we finish the final touches."},{"id":1400987,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400987/?format=json","text_counter":148,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Lastly, Sen. Abass."},{"id":1400988,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400988/?format=json","text_counter":149,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abass","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13587,"legal_name":"Abass Sheikh Mohamed","slug":"abass-sheikh"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Cabinet Secretary for showing that he is on top of things at his docket because the way he replies is wonderful and satisfactorily. First and foremost, I thank him and his team. He really supported in delivering food and medicine to all the areas that had been submerged and people were rescued during the El Niño. I thank you on behalf of the people of Wajir. Secondly, Bw. Cabinet Secretary, as you are aware, Wajir Forward Operating Base (FOB) is actually in the middle of municipalities. You are also privy to what happened sometimes back. There were two instances that were almost a disaster in waiting, but God forbid, nobody died. This was because of the maneuvers going on in the camp. Wajir has huge land. It is 56,000 square kilometres and sparsely populated. There is no problem of land. We are more than willing to give the KDF other places because the camp is in the middle of the town. Is there any plan to relocate the camp from Wajir Town to other places in the county?"},{"id":1400989,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400989/?format=json","text_counter":150,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Kingi","speaker_title":"The Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you may proceed to respond."},{"id":1400990,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400990/?format=json","text_counter":151,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Aden Duale","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Defence","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Abass. I do not think we have any intentions to relocate from Wajir International Airport. To us, Wajir International Airport is like Laikipia Airbase. We have a lot of our own internal operations. We also carry out operations and logistics in our neighbourhood on the war against terror. We even work with our partners such as the Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) to allow the good people of Wajir access. We agreed that we will give them a designated section where the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, using the NPS, will man the checks. For now, people go through a lot of checks because they have to pass through our base. We have the Air Force FOB and other formations. Secondly, we are asking our partners to invest heavily in Wajir International Airport, just the way we want to invest in Manda Airbase. On the incident that happened, I apologise to the people of Wajir because it was not intentional. It was part of our training programmes. I assure the Senator that we sent an investigation team and they brought a report. It will never happen again. We thank the leadership of Wajir, including the Member of Parliament (MP), the Senator, the Governor and the Woman Representative for working closely with us, not only in the incident, but in the whole spectrum of security. I also thank all the leaders from Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera and Marsabit. They have been valuable working with both the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and the KDF to make sure that we are all have a responsibility to keep our country safe."}]}