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    "id": 581194,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/581194/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to support this Sessional Paper because it is touching on a very important issue that concerns our people. Right now, insecurity and conflict are some of the major issues that are hampering development in this country. In many parts of this country, we are unable to deliver services and work for communities because of conflicts, including resource-based conflicts, where communities do not have adequate access to services like water. For example, in northern Kenya, people fight because of an important resource, water. Secondly, people fight because they do not have enough land to farm and engage in other activities for their livelihood. Hon. Speaker, it is very important that, as a country, we have a policy to guide us in this area. In the absence of a policy, we are more likely to fail. One of the reasons why we have failed in the security sector is that we do not have a clear policy. This issue touches on the lives of Kenyans. It is a matter of life and death. We also have issues of social exclusion, marginalisation and resentment as the main causal factors of insecurity and lack of cohesion in this country. People in northern Kenyan feel aggrieved, marginalised and not part of this country because they have been marginalised for many years. They are angry and there is resentment. That is why they are always fighting, and sometimes do not contribute to nation building. There are also many socio-political issues that contribute to conflict in Kenya, including negative ethnicity, non-issue-based conflict and inequitable distribution of resources. Regarding the issue of boundaries, when the new Constitution was promulgated, counties came into being, together with new constituencies. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) did not do a good job in demarcating constituencies. Instead of enjoying the fruits of devolution and equitable distribution of resources, we have communities fighting in"
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