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    "id": 1044939,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the abduction, disappearance and murder of the members of the public in Wajir County. In the Statement, the Committee should state the measures if any, that the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government has put in place in an effort to investigate the abduction, torture and killing of a prominent businessman, Mr. Abdullahi Yusuf Farah, ID.No. 0052216, who left Nairobi for Wajir on Monday 25th January, 2021, and whose mutilated body was found around Legehut. This is a watering point which is around four kilometers from the town centre and near the Wajir International Airport. It is around 500 metres or a kilometre from the airport fence. Recently the President came to Wajir and inaugurated the cameras everywhere and they can capture from two to three kilometres. I went to Wajir Airport on Thursday 28th January, 2021. Secondly, outline measures the Government is putting in place to deal conclusively with the issue of insistent abductions and murders of innocent citizens with the aim of ensuring justice is served to the victims. Madam Deputy Speaker, this gentleman was a very prominent man in Wajir and when his body was found after he had disappeared for two days, there were questions on who killed him. If it continues like that, there can even be tribal clashes because nobody knows who killed him. Some are talking of issues of Al-Shabaab, others Government, other crime factor and business rivalry. When issues like that are not resolved urgently, they can lead to a disaster. I want the committee to look into this urgently and come up with a solution to make sure the people of Wajir do not kill one another unnecessarily."
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