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    "id": 1100302,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe is a serious matter. The issues mentioned here are supposedly committed by the security forces, who are supposed to provide security to the people of Kenya. As a result of the question raised by our colleague from Laikipia County, the Members of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations and I went to Laikipia on Monday. Wananchi told us that they were being attacked by people from Baringo County. The police were all over the place and there was some semblance of security in that place. However, the people said that the Laikipia Nature Conservancy is a den of problems. They said that nobody can go to that conservancy, and that it has so many animals owned by influential people in this country. They said that stolen animals are in that conservancy, which is protected by the military. The stories were very disturbing though I was happy that there was some semblance of security. People had gone back to their homes and the schools were reopening. Surprisingly, on the other side of the county, the police are now profiling the pastoralists and trying to kill their animals. This question is not about the wananchi fighting. It is about the police fighting wananchi and killing their animals. This is unacceptable. We are not going to pit Kenyans against Kenyans. The Government should provide security to Kenyans. They must deal with this matter. Laikipia borders four counties namely, Isiolo, Baringo, Nyandarua and Samburu. I am sure that they have a discussion on how they can live together. We must come up with a way to revert the conservancies owned by the wazungus to Kenyans when their leases end. There must be-"
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