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    "id": 1003464,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me also contribute to this Statement by Sen. (Eng.) Hargura. Issues of insecurity are a major challenge not only to Marsabit County and the eastern part of Kenya but also all over the country. Issues of insecurity have claimed youthful lives that would have contributed to our economy in the future. As we have had, Form Four students and Standard Eight pupils were killed. That is not the only issue. We have had old people also being killed. We heard recently that there was a very powerful business man in Bungoma who was killed in cold blood. We have also had even others being attacked. For example, recently we had a lady who was attacked in Olenguruone area in full glare of the security people where she was tied to a motorbike and dragged around in a most inhumane way. In this case, that lady suffered a lot of injuries. Mr. Speaker, Sir, issues around insecurity have been blamed on radicalization and issues around resources. In some cases, houses have been burnt, cattle stolen and, in this case, there are issues of politics. Even recently we have been having insecurity issues between Narok, Bomet and Nakuru counties. This form of insecurity has been there since time immemorial. It is high time the department concerned with security should stand up and face the challenge. We are losing many people particularly with COVID-19 where we have people being killed even way beyond the curfew time. In this case, we are asking ourselves: Who is killing these people? We have armed people moving around this country and destroying the livelihoods of our people. We have had several Statements in this Order Paper coming to this House. In this case, the Committee concerned should implore upon the department of security to act to solve this issue once and for all. We have lost people many times. How many more people do we want to lose before we take action especially right now that we are losing people to COVID-19.? We do not want to lose more lives to issues of insecurity. There are many other people roaming around this country past curfew time. I blame the security department squarely because I wonder why they allow people to move around past 9.00 p.m. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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