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Question on legality of soldiers in street lingers

Wednesday's hurried approval of the deployment by the National Assembly was intended to cure the requirement at Article 241 (b) and (c) that provides that such deployment of the military within the national territory must be approved by the National Assembly.

The approval of the deployment, made in closed session, also violated the Assembly's Standing Orders, hence the Constitution of Kenya because the issue was slotted on the Order Paper just hours for...