Roselinda Soipan Tuya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to say that I am glad to be back in this House in my new role as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence. It is obviously because I like to associate myself with the Senate, having been a Member, though very briefly. I will go straight to respond to the questions raised by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, the Senator for Kisumu County. I will not repeat the questions as have been already espoused by the Senator for Nairobi. I will start by stating that the mandate of KDF, as defined in the Constitution, is in three ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: issues which are very pertinent and of great public concern by Kenyans. In many instances, we have had Kenyans asking why or how the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is deployed concerning matters of internal security. On the first question, on the need to clarify whether the KDF monitors the security situations within the country, and indicate the state of preparedness in the KDF to address potential instability or civil unrest; the KDF is one of the three national security organs established under the Constitution. This is in addition to the National Police Service (NPS) and the National Intelligence Service (NIS). ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: I will come back to how the KDF operates within these deployments later on, but allow me to go to question two, which asks, what are the modalities for the involvement of KDF in internal security matters? Aside from the provisions of the Constitution, we have the Kenya Defence Forces Act, which elaborately enumerates requirements for KDF participation in internal security operations. Under the Constitution, the KDF is strictly bound by the principles of national security as defined under Article 238 of the Constitution, which is that they have to be subject to the authority of the Constitution and Parliament ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: In response to Question (c), the KDF is structured to ensure continuous state of mission readiness, allowing for swift and effective response to both external and internal threats when the need arises. However, its participation in internal security operations are carefully guided by the Constitution and the KDF Act, which specify notifications through gazette notice, authorization to be sought prior to the deployment and the mandatory reports to be furnished to the National Assembly and close collaboration and cooperation with the necessary security institutions. Question (d) on how the KDF balances the internal security needs of the state and the ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The questions are many, but I will give an attempt to respond to all of them adequately. I will go in the order of the way they were asked. I will start with the question by Sen. Tom Ojienda on what the threshold is for the KDF stepping in to contain internal threats in support of the National Police Service (NPS). I had demonstrated that there is a continuous engagement between the national security organs through the National Security Council and the National Security Committee, where we deal with the situational analysis of security situations ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: Allow me to answer the second question by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojenda, SC, the Senator for Kisumu County. First, our soldiers do not just sit in the barracks. There is a lot of involvement in humanitarian and civic activities across the country in support of communities. This is in the area of water, security, schools, infrastructure and roads. I am sure we can attest to this at the various levels of involvement of the KDF in different parts of the country. We also have a serious defense industry unit of the KDF where we have semi- autonomous Government agencies. One ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: Kenyans. The Kenyan population in general and specifically, those communities affected by insecurity situations in Marsabit. The other interests espoused by the different parties are also pertinent and we will address that through the means that we have agreed on. view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was the question by the hon. Senator for Migori on the limits of what KDF should and can do, once deployed. The definition of deployment is very clear as stated in the Constitution. The KDF do not undertake investigations. They do not undertake any form of arrests and they do not deal with any internal criminal liability issues. There are institutions that are tasked with that mandate and the role of the KDF is then restricted to restoring stability, leaving out all these other issues to the relevant agencies of Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: a multi-agency outfit in order to make sure that these deployments remain within the confines of the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senator for Kitui County, Sen. Wambua on the confines of the operation. I believe the question was whether the gazette still subsists for the deployment of 25th June. The parameters for 25th June were clear. I earlier mentioned that there is a court case. There were two gazette notices issued by the Cabinet Secretary then, defining as required by the court directive, the scope, duration and the confines within which the KDF was to operationalize the deployment. ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: We are working round the clock. Without pre-empting, this House has raised a question on the same. When the time comes, I will give details on the measures we are taking to seal the loopholes in our recruitment processes. I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view