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"speaker_name": "Laikipia North, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sara Korere",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank my brother, Sankok, for bringing this Motion. I also want to take this opportunity to send my heartfelt condolences to the families and the people of Laikipia who have lost life and property in this mayhem. I want to speak as the representative of the people of Laikipia—not the Maasai, not the Samburu—not anybody but the people of Laikipia who voted for me irrespective of their race, tribe and anything. It is very sad when, in this time and era, Members of this House stand to chest thump about their communities and make it look like there are lives that are more important than others. As I speak, I have lost more than 30 people from March last year to date. They are people who have been killed in cold blood murder. When the Member for Samburu, a Member I respect so much, was speaking about Laikipia, I just wondered. From where I sit, if they really come to Laikipia to look for pastures, you cannot tell me, when there is no food in your house, you go to your neighbour’s house with a gun and bullets and kill everybody so that you take their food. That is not acceptable. The lie we are peddling here about Laikipia is very unfortunate because every time there is a problem in Laikipia, leaders from Samburu, Isiolo and Baringo hop hop everywhere speaking about Laikipia. They should let Laikipia be ruled by the people of Laikipia. If they want us to cooperate, they must come with respect. It is quite unfortunate that, when we had these skirmishes in Laikipia, a very senior administrator in the Rift Valley, one George Natembeya, comes there and tells the nation that the M16 rifles that are used by these bandits are from the foreign troops training in Laikipia. That is a very reckless and useless statement from an administrator who is good for nothing if I may say. If Mr. Natembeya really wants to be elected in Trans Nzoia, he must not use the issues of security around the Rift Valley to play to the gallery, talk so much, and do a lot of nothing. It is quite a shame that there is local intelligence and they cannot gather any intelligence, process it and use it to deter these attacks. The Government must come there when 10 people have lost life. It is quite shameful. As we sit in this House, these guys are still sitting in their offices, taking tea paid by the taxpayer’s money and nobody has held anybody accountable for this. If I may say, I want to plead with the Members of this House, for this senseless killings in Laikipia, Marsabit, Isiolo, that somebody should be held accountable."
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