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    "id": 1191496,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1191496/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "lives. The common denominator of the crime that is meted on the innocent souls in Kitui County and parts of this country is that the perpetrators are never brought to book. Yesterday, Monday, 14th November, 2022, a man by the name Mzee Matii from Chamalutu Village in Wikithuke Area of Sikulu Ward was literally butchered. The circumstances around the killing of the innocent man, a trader in livestock, are known. He was called by a person known to him who lured him to his death. His name is Ali. He told him that he should go to their manyatta to buy goats. Innocently, the victim hired a motorcycle and went. Upon arriving at the manyatta, he realized that the manyatta had been vacated. He called Ali and asked him; “where are you, you told me to come and buy goats?” He said; “Wait for me. In two minutes, I will be with you.” True to his words, in two minutes, Ali went back and told Matii that they had moved and so they should go to where they had moved, so that he could see the goats and buy them. Hardly two minutes of their walk, two men emerged from the bushes and Ali disappeared. They attempted to attack the motorcyclist, a young man who took off. However, Matii was not lucky. His head was literally chopped off from his body. That incident happened yesterday in Sikulu Ward. On Sunday, in the neighbouring Ngomeni Ward, camel herders invaded the village and attempted to kill a man called Mutie Mutiya. If the nominated Senator of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Sen. Syengo would get an opportunity to contribute to this Motion, she will say she knows the person because he is her relative. Mzee Mutie managed to escape, but with a deep cut on the neck. On the same day at night, the herders opened fire. They were shooting aimlessly to scare villagers and they succeeded. In the entire Mandongoi Village, women, children and men went to spend the night in the bush. The following day, which was yesterday, Mandongoi Primary School was not opened. The children were scattered all over the bush. Teachers have already written to be allowed to move from that region. What I am talking about today is not any different from the experiences of colleagues in this House, representing their counties of Marsabit, Samburu, Taita Taveta, Baringo and Tana River. The question that these Senators and the people of Kitui County are asking is whether they are children of a lesser God. They are wondering whether they have been invited into this country and live at the mercy of people who own animals that they cannot contain them on their own farms. It will go on record and I want to repeat this because I appeared before the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and I told them that perhaps it is time we had a conversation about the effectiveness of some of these commissions that we put in place. Is the NCIC still relevant to our situation? Once you frame a question badly, chances are that you will come up with a wrong prescription. We have never had a conflict between the people of Ukambani and the people of Somali origin. I want this point to sink well. The Kamba Community and the Somali Community are not in conflict. The problem that we are suffering today is a problem of camel herders who invade our farms and kill our people with impunity."
}