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    "id": 1100272,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1100272/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13226,
        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As far as the issue of Laikipia is concerned, the Committee is doing its best. I want to explain the fact that a third of this county is occupied by pastoralists. Pastoralists are livestock farmers. That is their livelihood. Therefore, pastoralists have a lot of respect for their animals. They are ready to defend those animals with their lives. In Laikipia County, people have fenced their land and there are many pastoralists. Every time Sen. Olekina speaks about Laikipia matters, he is fond of talking about the Maasai and Samburu, but he forgets that the Turkana people live there too. They keep livestock and are also treated like other communities by the Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, last time 3,000 cattle were killed. Some Turkana people were killed and they had a number of cattle. As I speak, Mr. Joseph Ing’olanyi was killed and he is a Turkana. Ing’olanyi is a Turkana name. Turkana cattle and people were also gunned down and killed. This is a problem that affects us all, as pastoralists, not only particular communities as alleged by Sen. Olekina. It is not only the Samburus and Pokots who were affected, but even Turkanas were killed and lost their animals."
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