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Parliament to be stripped of powers to deploy KDF

Kenya Defence Forces patrol the streets of Fafadun township during the vicious battle to reach Kismayu Port. A new Bill is seeking to strip Parliament of its powers to have a say in internal military deployment. [PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Parliament will be stripped of its powers to have a say in internal military deployment, if proposed amendments see light of the day.

The Statute Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill 2014 seeks to delete sections of Article 241(3), which provides for the procedure for local military deployment, essentially diluting the input of the National Assembly in case the Government wants to use the military internally.

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