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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "I was really in pain last week when I heard the former Speaker saying that people should not be discussing what is happening in Laikipia, when our own families are there. When I was a boy, I used to live in Rumuruti. We have families in Laikipia. I am not saying that all of us are saints, because some of us decided to grab so much land. Some people there, including the former Speaker, Hon. Ole Kaparo, own over 100,000 acres of land. That person will not feel the pain of a poor person who has their cows and all they want is pasture. When the Pokot come there, the only thing that they know is to get their cows to feed on grass. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are doing to pastoralists in this country is evil. I think that it is about time that we should start seeing the problem that our people are facing and we diligently and maturely resolve their problems. If we continue being afraid of what the British or the colonial masters, who were there before and grabbed all the land will say, our people will continue suffering. We are in this House, which I call the House of union, to unite the entire country. When Sen. Olekina speaks here, it is because he feels pain because not only is a Maasai child is being beaten on the streets, but also a Kikuyu or Rendile child. Mr. Speaker Sir, I really beseech you. We continue coming here to issue Statements, and yet the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations is not doing anything. It is not doing an iota of a thing."
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