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"content": "The last Member on that is Hon. Kangogo Bowen."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What is the Government doing to stamp out banditry in Kerio Valley?"
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"content": "In Kerio Valley?"
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"content": " Two weeks ago, two primary school students and their uncle were killed by bandits. The students were girls. It is a repeat. We have had discussions in this House on banditry. What is the Government generally doing in the Kerio Valley belt and the entire North Rift to deal with the frequent banditry? In the Order Paper today, there is a Question on the state of security in West Pokot, Elgeyo Marakwet, and six other counties. What is the Government doing? Military officers who are there are not helping us. There are thousands of police officers, but they are not helping. We are seeing very little difference. The Cabinet Secretary may be new to his office, but he was a Senator, so he understands those issues very well. He should tell us what the Government is doing to ensure that there is peace and tranquility in the Kerio Valley so that we do not ask those questions over and over again."
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"content": "Hon. Ng’elechei, ask another one. Give her the microphone."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will be brief because yesterday, we were discussing the issue of security in the six counties of the Kerio Valley. Could the Cabinet Secretary tell us when they will conduct a proper and thorough disarmament exercise in the Kerio Valley? We have had these issues for many years, and none of the previous governments have conducted a thorough disarmament exercise. All that we need in the Kerio Valley is disarmament. Secondly, every time we go to the villages, the village elders are keen to know when they will be paid. Could the Cabinet Secretary brief us on whether there is a budget for that?"
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. As a matter of fact, it is true that Hon. William Kamket is attending the funeral of our Chief Victor Sebei, who was unfortunately killed during a livestock recovery incident in Loruk. I was in Loruk, and I sent my condolences to the family. I sent the Member of Parliament to the funeral today. It was an unfortunate situation. The chiefs have done a very good job recovering livestock in Kerio Valley and partnering with the operations team to recover the livestock. There is an ongoing investigation to establish whether the Chief was killed by bandits or if it was a case of a police officer or a police reservist, as has been alleged, who shot the Chief. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers were sent to the ground. They interviewed a number of people from Baringo North Constituency. Remember that this incident happened at the border between Baringo North and Tiaty constituencies. They are also carrying out investigations by interviewing people in Tiaty Constituency. Those found culpable will be charged in a Court of law. If they are security officers, they will be dismissed. The process is ongoing. I requested the Inspector-General of Police to ensure that those investigations are expedited because we do not want the peace between the two constituencies to be jeopardised by retaliatory acts as a result of that incident. I am very aware of the situation of the late Chief Victor Sebei. Hon. Speaker, on the Question of waivers, I also agree with Hon. Pkosing that in the absence of qualified professionals from certain locations and sub-locations, some residents from those constituencies end up getting jobs but they had already migrated to other parts. For example, residents of Sigor Constituency may have migrated to Kapenguria Town. However, because of the absence of a qualified professional, the residents may come back to serve in that constituency. As I indicated earlier, we will take that into consideration. I have even received requests from Samburu residents who feel that the individual who would make a good chief in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "one of the locations does not meet the threshold for academic qualifications. That case is under review. Similar cases are under review in a few other areas in the country. On the Question raised by Hon. Kangogo, a lot of progress has been made in the last two years as a result of \"Operation Maliza Uhalifu \" in Kerio Valley. The situation was not good early last year because of the attacks in various parts of the Valley. A lot of progress has been made. Leaders here will agree with me that we now have relative calm at the border between West Pokot and Turkana counties, especially around Kainuk, which has experienced perennial conflicts. There has been good progress in terms of peace in Kacheliba and Loima constituencies, although one or two banditry incidents have happened along the border. We have made great progress in Baringo. The border between Elgeyo Marakwet and Baringo counties, especially in Baringo North, is now peaceful, and most parts of Kerio Valley between Baringo and Elgeyo Marakwet counties are peaceful. Baringo South Constituency is a great example of what \"Operation Maliza Uhalifu\" has done. Most parts of Laikipia County are now peaceful except for a few cases of cattle rustling. However, we have not had the situation we had in the last two years. There are troubled areas in the valley. First is the border between Marakwet East and Tiaty constituencies, Kaben and Endo locations in Marakwet East Constituency, and Ngoron in Tiaty Constituency. Those three areas are very troublesome and, as a result, cause problems in Sigor Constituency. We have asked the security officers to step up their game around that area. There are other general issues. We also have a big problem within Samburu County, especially in Samburu East, Samburu West and Samburu North constituencies. There are certain troublesome areas in those constituencies. Because of that, I was in Laikipia North Constituency in Kirimon area a week ago. We have established a new operations base for Operation Maliza Uhalifu that will only focus on Samburu, Laikipia, and some parts of Isiolo and Meru counties to get rid of bandits who are hiding, especially in some parts of Tiaty Constituency and Mukogodo Forest, which has become a safe haven for many criminals who attack communities around this belt. As a result, our police officers are preparing for a massive operation. We are working together to ensure that we open up roads in Tiaty and Samburu East constituencies to access the areas where these criminals are hiding. We have a problem with the National Police Reservists (NPRs) in Marakwet East and Tiaty constituencies. Their mode of operation is wanting. The people who have been recruited are wanting. We will conduct a massive review of the NPR officers and perhaps remove all of them so that we can have room to hire better NPRs who can work together with the police officers to get rid of those problems. We also plan to conduct a massive operation, especially in Loruk. We are in the process of procuring drones that will be used for surveillance. We have realised there has been great success in areas where drones have been used, especially in Laikipia County. We will be procuring a number of drones with higher durability and not the ones we have used in the past. We will also ensure that they have night vision so that we can do proper surveillance. There is a new phenomenon this year where bandits are now attacking people at night. In the past, they would come during the day, but there is a new phenomenon where these attacks happen at night. Members of Parliament have suffered as we look for peace in this Valley. Where leadership is required, I would love to see most Members of the National Assembly participating in ensuring that they help us sort out this problem. I thank them for what they have done so far and the fact that they have been on the ground. I thank the Member for Baringo South for his innovative way of working with Pokot, Njemps and the Tugen in his Constituency. They have made Baringo South a model of peace in terms of fighting banditry. I will now go to Hon. Ng'elechei's Question. We would like to do disarmament. It will require massive resources and a lot of human resources. There will also be collateral damage The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "in a big way. Despite this, disarmament cannot just happen in one area. With the porous borders that we have with our neighbours from Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, there is easy proliferation of small arms. Even as the Government plans to do this disarmament in the future or the long run, we need to deal with the supply of ammunition. We discovered that most of the ammunition used to attack people in the Valley and many parts of this country comes from our police officers. They are either procured from outside the country or from our factory in Eldoret. We are working closely with the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to establish the people within the National Police Service who are selling these bullets to bandits who kill our people. If we manage to deal with the ammunition first, we will have curtailed the use of that gun. We will reduce the gun to a mere stick. We will do a lot of work to ensure that this is done. Eventually, we must ensure we also deal with the long-term plans. For the benefit of this House and the country, Kenyans need to know that the people we call bandits are very young boys between the ages of 14 and 19 years. We need to ask ourselves a fundamental question: by the time teenagers are terrorising us in this Valley, where were we when they were growing up? They were unable to go to school or access education opportunities! There is a big problem in Tiaty Constituency and some parts of Samburu County. We have established that a whole division in Tiaty Constituency does not have a single road. There is another one with only one school, which expects small children to walk long distances to attend class. If we need to get rid of banditry, we must also eliminate the main cause, marginalisation. If we bring everybody to a point where they have water, schools and roads, each one of them will feel it is unnecessary to engage in this kind of violence. This House must make meaningful use of the resources otherwise called the Equalisation Fund. We need a major plan to open up these regions. If we do not do this, we will continue coming here and spending resources on operations."
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