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    "id": 1100366,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, it is sad that the very people who are supposed to protect that livestock and people of Laikipia are the ones who are tormenting and killing the same animals. We need to bring those officers to book, and they need to be accountable for their actions. This is the only way that we are going to stop this menace. Since 2016, the Pokots, Samburus, and Maasais have lost almost 5,000 livestock. This is unacceptable. As Sen. Sakaja has said, livestock is property, and every citizen in this country has the right to have their property secured by the Government. I have seen efforts by the national Government to ensure that they implement the security policies in Laikipia. The other day, I think on 9th September, through a gazette notice, they gazetted a new sub county. That is a good step, because a sub-county means that we shall have better services and functions of the national Government nearer the people of Laikipia. However, will we be reactional on every problem that we have as a country? It means that next time when we have a problem in Kakamega County, then Matiang’i will run there with a sub-county and give the people of Kakamega. It means that next year when people in Siaya County will be fighting over resources like fish then the Siaya people will be given a sub-county. We need to stop being reactionary on issues. Madam Deputy Speaker, I was listening pensively to the CS, Interior, Mr. Matiang’i. He was trying to put the blame on politicians. I want to ask Matiang’i to stop putting blame on people who are not the cause of this thing. Let him concentrate on his work. On the issue of him standing in any function and wanting to demean politicians, I want to remind him that politicians are elected leaders. We are leaders elected by our people to represent them and therefore, he does not have the monopoly of demeaning us in public functions. It is very serious. The other day I saw him addressing people in Laikipia saying: “ Kuna watu"
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