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    "id": 1145342,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1145342/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security for the response, but this is the usual way that the Ministry responds. They are telling us that vetting of the NPRs is going on, yet that is what we were told three months ago. I do not know how long it takes to review someone’s conduct. It does not take three months for you to receive a Certificate of Good Conduct after you apply for it. It takes two to five days before you get it. I do not know why it has taken long for the Ministry to recruit and deploy the NPRs. Yesterday, I was in Arror Ward in Marakwet West Constituency along Kerio Valley. While holding a peace meeting in the community, there was an attack where two youths were killed along the road - a boda boda rider and a young man who was taking care of animals. I do not know why it has taken more than three months. We had a meeting four months ago in Nakuru and the Cabinet Secretary promised that they would conduct a forceful disarmament exercise, which this Response states that they are planning. So, if the Cabinet Secretary said that four months ago when we had that meeting in Nakuru, I do not know how long it takes to plan to ensure that they disarm the people. Another response that I do not agree with is on the issue of access roads. Whose business is it to ensure that there are access roads? It is the Government’s. If it is their business, they need to take some measures to ensure there is accessibility within the area. When they talk about terrain, that is why we have been saying that we need the NPRs because they understand the environment. It has taken so long yet, they have not given us reasons why they removed the NPRs in 2018 up to now, and people are being killed every week. This week alone, we have lost four lives. A week ago, we lost about six lives in Marakwet East. Our mortuaries are almost full because of cattle rustling. The last response that the Chairman gave us, as was received from the Ministry, stated that there was no money for compensation. We have allocated a lot of resources to this particular Ministry, but we do not know what they do with them. If they cannot compensate the people, they need to take care of them. They need to protect our property, otherwise, it means that they are admitting that they have failed. This is basically what they are saying. It is only that it is too late in the term of this Government, otherwise, they should have resigned by now. You admit that you do not have resources and that there are no access roads. Do you expect the people to construct roads for themselves? It is pathetic. This is a public relations response and exercise."
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