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    "id": 1110057,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Outa",
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, 6th October, 2021. The Interim Report of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on a Fact Finding Mission to Laikipia County, Concerning the Incessant Banditry Attacks in the County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Thursday, 9th September 2021, Sen. Kinyua, MP, made a Statement pursuant to Standing Order No. 37(1) of the Senate Standing Orders concerning the incessant banditry attacks in Laikipia County. Thereon the Speaker of the Senate referred the Statement to the Standing Committee on the National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations with directions that the Committee undertakes a fact- finding visit to Laikipia. On Monday, 13th September, the Committee undertook a fact-finding visit to Laikipia and held three meetings in three separate venues, namely in Maituku Shopping Centre, Wangwaci Anti-Stock Theft Camp and Ol Moran Shopping Centre. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during the meetings the Committee was able to establish that the Kuki Gallman Conservancy was one of the identified dens of bandits who kept on constantly harassing and attacking the peaceful and cosmopolitan residents of Laikipia. To this end, the residents recommended to the Committee that the Conservancy be taken up by the Government and placed under the management of the Kenya Wildlife Services. The Committee also established that though there are national police reservists engaged by the Government, there is need to recruit more to increase their number to ensure improved surveillance and response during the attacks and raids. Further, during the visit, it was evident that there was some sensation of hostility owing to the fact that the national Government had expeditiously intervened and intensified security operations. It is imperative to note that at the various venues that the Committee held meetings, the residents requested that the intensified operation be sustained with better coordination of command centre. It was also evident that learning in schools had not resumed in three places."
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