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    "id": 1097340,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
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    "content": " The next request for a Statement was made on Tuesday, 8th June 2021, by Hon. Lokiru Ali, Member of Parliament for Turkana East Constituency, regarding the resurgence of cattle raids and killings in Turkana East. In particular, he requested to be informed on the following: (1) What measures the Government was taking to address the resurgence of raids or conflicts among communities in Baringo East, West Pokot and Turkana East constituencies; (2) the measures the Government had put in place to stop further raids; (3) what efforts were put in place to recover the stolen animals and arrest the perpetrators of such raids; and, (4) urgent steps put in place to assist communities in those areas to manage and utilise the available resources and address the conflict arising from the boundaries. The response is as follows: The Turkana East Sub-County is generally a vast area covering 11,396 square kilometres. It borders Turkana South Constituency to the west, Sigor Constituency to the south west, Tiaty Constituency to the south east and Samburu North Constituency to the east. The chronology of events that occurred is as follows: (i) On 12th May 2021 and not 12th March 2021, as put by the Hon. Member, gunmen believed to be Pokot bandits attacked Turkana herdsmen at Riet, a newly established manyatta situated about 120 kilometres north of Lokori Police Station, where there is no single security road, either as an entry or an exit point. Police officers from the station visited the scene which was established to be a manyatta called Napak Areng’an. The attackers allegedly drove away 90 head of cattle belonging to Mr. Ekatapan. There was no clear indication that the bandits killed any Turkana herdsman since no body was found, either at the scene or within the neighbourhood. Concerted efforts by police officers to return to the same area on 13th May 2021 and on 14th May 2021 to trace witnesses bore no fruit. Even the local people who would have been eyewitnesses failed to verify whether there was any body. Additionally, there were no registration or identification documents bearing the names of Ekatapan Yolelel, Lowoi Loyelel and Etelek Loyelel contrary to what is being claimed; 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."
}