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    "id": 1100182,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to make some very brief, but sensitive comments on this matter of Laikipia. We know what is currently happening on the ground. There is a lot of conflict. Ever since I was growing up, there were very serious conflicts in that area and the Government has never won when it uses a gun to try to bring sanity on the ground. To date, the Government has never won the conflict in the Suguta Valley. I think a month ago, I brought in a Statement to the same Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on the issue of Laikipia. Today, my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe from Samburu, whose people are being affected, has brought a similar Statement. Last year, I brought a statement specifically relating to the issue of cows being killed. This House has got to take a very serious approach to dealing with the issue of conflict in Laikipia. I was saddened last week when I heard a few Members of Parliament (MPs) going out there calling for the arrest of Sen. Olekina because he said that what is happening in Laikipia is evil. The Maasai are not the only people in Laikipia. We have Maasais, Samburus, Kikuyus, Kisiis, Kalenjins, Pokots; literally the 44 ethnic groups that live in Kenya, including the white settlers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the action of the current Government, particularly the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government makes those settlers look more like philanthropists. When you go back into the history of Laikipia, when they came, back in 1904, our people were moved to the reserve in the southern part. The few people who"
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