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    "id": 1098629,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to thank you for the opportunity. Let me at the very outset take this opportunity to thank the Senator for Laikipia, Sen. Kinyua, for bringing this matter to the Floor of this House. Secondly, allow me to convey my condolences and those of the people of Vihiga to the people of Laikipia and their leaders, including our colleague, Sen. Kinyua. This is a matter of extreme national importance. What is happening in Laikipia is extremely sad, just to say the least. It is unfortunate and a great shame to this country that this has been going on for over two weeks and the Government looks like it is helpless. When you see Government officials going to the site they are just going to mourn with the rest of the populace. They do not seem to have a solution to end this massacre. Madam Deputy Speaker, people have lost lives. My understanding of a government as a political scientist is that, first and foremost, the responsibility of any government is to provide security to its citizens and their property. Any government that is unable to provide security to its citizens has no business calling itself a government. In fact, it should resign. I heard my colleagues say the Minister and the security agents should resign. The Government should resign if it is unable to give security to the people that put it in place. Insecurity in any part of the country is insecurity to all of us. So, we should not sit back and say that it is onlu in Laikipia because tomorrow it might be Vihiga. The day"
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