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Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has defended President William Ruto against accusations that he went against the Constitution by deploying Kenya's troops outside the country without the approval of the National Assembly.
President Ruto last week, at a ceremony held at Embakasi Garrison in Nairobi, flagged off the Kenya Defence Forces contingent which will be deployed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
But at a sitting of the National Assembly Thursday where Duale's letter asking Parliament to approve the rapid deployment of KDF personnel to the East African Community Regional Force to DRC for peacekeeping operations was tabled, the House raised the issue with the manner the deployment was done.
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