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    "id": 1101625,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Outa",
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank the Senator for Laikipia County for the statement that he has read on the Floor of the House today. I would like to assure my good friend, the Senator for Laikipia, that this is a matter of national importance. It is the responsibility of the National Government to protect its own citizens by all means. Article 238 (1) in Chapter 14 of the Constitution provides that: - ‘National security is the protection against internal and external threats to Kenya’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, its people, their rights, freedoms, property, peace, stability and prosperity, and other national interests.’ This matter is, therefore, urgent to our Committee. We promise to visit Laikipia County on Monday next week. I hope the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government is following these proceedings because I would like to organize with the Commissioner in that area to receive the Members of the Standing Committee of the Senate on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, who will visit Laikipia on Monday. I would like my Committee to meet with the people of Laikipia, so as to find the root cause of the conflict in Laikipia County. Madam Temporary Speaker, we cannot allow the people of Laikipia County, especially the women and children, to continue having insecurity. Laikipia County is part of this country. We are not in a war-torn country like Afghanistan. I would like to remind the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government that this is a matter of national importance. Bringing back security in that county is a matter of collective responsibility and so, we do not want to blame anyone."
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