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    "id": 1198490,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for indulging me and giving me an opportunity to seek this Statement on matters security. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the heightened insecurity situation in Mutha Ward, Kitui County. In the Statement, the Committee should – (1) Apprise the Senate on the measures the national Government has put in place to respond to the current insecurity situation affecting the residents of Mutha Ward in Kitui South Constituency of Kitui County, perpetuated by gun-wielding bandits who have invaded parts of the ward, leaving in their wake death and destruction. (2) Undertake a visit to the County to ascertain the level of response by the security apparatus at both county and national Government, which has been wanting and investigate the underlying reasons for the attacks. (3) State the reasons for the delay in response to the matter noting that on Friday 14th October, 2022, bandits armed with crude weapons invaded Mutha ward of Kitui South and hacked to death a man named Mutuku. (4) Provide targeted interventions to resolve the matter noting that this was the second attack by bandits in the space of one month as another similar attack happened on 18th September 2022, at Masungwa Area of Tseikuru Ward in Mwingi North-Kitui County in which two men namely, Musyimi Ndana and Muthui Kamuti were attacked with machetes by camel herders who invaded their farms and are hospitalized at Mwingi Level 4 Hospital. (5) Clarify whether the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government has established additional police posts in the affected areas, or deployed Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) and National Police Reservists (NPR) to complement security apparatus to ensure that Mutha Ward, parts of Ngomeni Ward n areas of Kasiluni, Mandongoi and Inyanzae, parts of Nguni Ward especially Sosoma Area. Parts of Tseikuru Ward, in the area around Masyungwa and parts of Endau/Malalani Ward are ensured of sustainable efforts to secure the residents and enforce lasting peace. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me one minute to comment on the Statement. As I speak, residents of Mutha Ward are running away from their wards. They have been invaded and are being attacked by bandits who are masquerading as camel farmers. Camels in Kitui have become an enemy of the people. Every time a resident of Kitui sees a camel, they see death. The minute you try to drive away a camel from your farm, you are attacked by the herders and killed. I hope that the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations will take this matter seriously, to ensure lasting solution to this menace. Yesterday, when the Cabinet nominee for Defence was being vetted, he went on record and stated that he had 250 camels grazing in parts of Kitui. This is a matter that must come to an end."
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