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    "id": 1145347,
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    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I heard the response from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security and it is totally cosmetic. The people of Kerio Valley are living under the mercy of criminals and bandits. At the beginning of this year, I rose to ask a similar Question to what Hon. Kisang has asked in this House and the Chairman gave the same response. The Committee on Implementation is failing this House. Normally, a CS tables a response in this House through a Chair as having done something, but on the ground, there is nothing. It is upon the Committee on Implementation, through the Chair, to follow-up on the response given by a CS so it is implemented on the ground. Hon. Speaker, we make laws in this House and under the National Police Service Act, the National Police Reservists (NPRs) is provided for. Many areas in this country have NPRs including Laikipia. I heard Hon. Pukose saying they have NPRs in Endebess, yet there is no insecurity. We do not know why the people of Kerio Valley are not provided with NPRs. In my constituency, I have two platoons of General Service Unit (GSU), Anti-Stock Theft Unit and around17 to 20 police stations. These police officers are not helping us at all. When there is an attack, they run and hide in their camps. The NPRs are the only ones who can help the people of Kerio Valley because they know the entry and exit routes of these criminals. Hon. Speaker, if possible, I am requesting you to compel the Chair to invite the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government to appear before this House. So, we can cross check the response given in the past and what he has given now. Otherwise, this is very misleading information because people are dying every day in Kerio Valley. As we near the elections, the bandit attacks have increased and they are no longer after the animals. They are on the roads attacking and killing people. As I said, the people of Kerio Valley are tax payers like other Kenyans in this country and deserve to be protected. They have a right to life. The answers given by the Chair are just cosmetic because this is not the correct position on the ground. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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