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    "id": 1003456,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "the security apparatus is the one that is driving or emboldening these criminals to continue with this. In the case of the four students who were killed two weeks ago, on 8th June, 2020, the County Commissioner called in the Northern Rangeland Trust (NRT) which had sniffer dogs who tracked the killers to a particular farm which is known and it has an owner. Instead of arresting people in that farm, we are being told that investigations are going on and nobody has been arrested. There was a case in 2017 during the election time where two children from the Rendille community who were herding their animals next to the village in Songa were hacked. One died, but the other one survived. The panga which was used and had blood stains was collected, but they could not follow up from there to establish the fingerprints to know the culprits. Therefore, what is going on is a situation where the Government has let the communities to sort out their issues. Due to lack of Government presence, the communities have resorted to arming themselves. This is what is going on. There are a lot of illegal firearms there because the Government has failed the communities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some time back in the early 1990’s, when insecurity started to escalate, the Government recruited the Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) to provide security to herdsmen when they were moving from one place to another because the police presence was only within towns. In the presence of illegal firearms, these Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) have assisted to control that because they are locals. If there is an incident like this, they will follow up."
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