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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, the owners of ranches in Laikipia have fenced their land with electricity. Without counting 5,000 cattle that have suffered through the heinous works of the police, their cattle have been dying because wild animals have been attacking them and no compensation has taken place. They are also killed by electrocution and the owners of the ranches never compensate them. Therefore, they must be compensated and historical land injustices addressed effectively by the Government. Another issue is that there is lack of water in those places. The Government must provide water, so that lack of it does not become a source of conflict. Lastly, those ranches have been profiled to belong to some people. In fact, I am happy with what he Deputy President said; that if people think he has a ranch there, it should be given to the locals. It is wrong for the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government to profile people based on the property they have without using proper information. Therefore, I propose that the whole House faces the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government, so that he effectively answers the questions from all of us concerning those issues affecting the people in Laikipia. Otherwise, we are not happy because the situation is degenerating to ethnic conflicts, which we want to avoid at all cost. I congratulate the Senator for Samburu for bringing this important Statement. I have seen that security personnel are sidelining some communities. When they go there, instead of providing security, they kill the animals and it makes the situation worse. Therefore, it is important that we have the Committee of the Whole, so that the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government comes here and settles this matter once and for all. I will repeat what I said last week that the CS is fast in sending the security personnel to funerals, instead of sending them to such sensitive areas. In fact, the proactive measures are not there. They just wait until things become worse and then they react. When we were attending the funeral of the late Sen. Prengei, we were surprised, while we were in the middle of the service, to see four lorries with the General Service Unit (GSU) being dropped in a place where there was no insecurity. Everybody was peaceful; people were mourning and all of a sudden, they sent those particular people, instead of sending them to Laikipia. People were mourning then, all of a sudden, they sent those people instead of sending them to Laikipia. I tend to think that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) is not addressing this issue effectively and he should come and answer loud questions in this House."
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