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    "id": 1098570,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kinyua",
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        "legal_name": "John Kinyua Nderitu",
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    "content": "Coordination of National Government, Dr. Fred Matiang’i has promised this operation three times, but nothing has happened. In a span of seven days, they have killed eight people and injured over 20. Among those killed was Mr. Peter Kairu and Mr. Kiruri sustained multiple bullet injuries. These bandits have been grazing on farmers’ crops with abandon and the farmers are terrified and helpless. It is a big shame that the National Government has gone on record to admit that the bandits are better armed compared to the National Police Service (NPS). With that unfortunate admission, the bandits have turned Laikipia County into their playground, torching houses and schools. They have torched over 27 houses, including Kisii Ndogo and the homes of a Mr. Abdalla and a Mr. Mburu. They are even daring the Government, hitting targets next to where meetings were being chaired by top civil servants in the region when they burned Merigut and Miharati Primary Schools. It is unfortunate that these attacks have led to the closure of all the primary schools in Ol Moran namely, Laikipia Ranch, Mbombo, Kahuho, Mutarakwa, Olmoran, Merigut, Survey, Miharati and Magadi primary schools. Madam Deputy Speaker, as the residents of Laikipia continue to bear the brunt of the attacks and leave their homes in droves, police officers are watching helplessly as Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers are sitting pretty in their barracks. The home-based National Police Reserve (NPR) had done an excellent job in containing the situation, but have since been withdrawn. Suffice it to say that the situation deteriorated when they we withdrawn. The animals that are stolen from the farmers are driven through Laikipia Nature Conservancy where even police officers cannot dare track down the stolen animals. The conservancy has become the hideout of armed bandits who have perpetrated bloody incidents in the region. What we need in Laikipia is an operation by the KDF to flush out the bandits which must be total and sustained; an increase in the number of National Police Reservists and deployment of more police officers and restoration of the livelihood of the residents. I call upon the President as the Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces to order KDF officers to move in and neutralize the bandits. The Government must be seen to be at the forefront in providing relief services, including food, shelter and clothing to the thousands of residents who have been dispossessed and displaced by the bandits. The displaced residents are currently seeking refuge in Ol Moran Catholic Church, Deliverance Church and Ol Moran Polytechnic Madam Deputy Speaker, it is the core duty of any government to protect the lives and property of its citizens. This Government seems helpless and not able to protect the people of Laikipia County. I am even concerned that the Regional Commissioner came to Laikipia to tell us the way the bandits have M16 Machine guns, while the Government officers have only G3 and AK47 rifles."
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