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    "id": 1199071,
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    "speaker_name": "Turkana County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cecilia Ngitit",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank the people of Turkana County starting from Turkana Central, Turkana North, Turkana West, Turkana South, Loima and Turkana East in that order. Those people humbled me as I was campaigning, where I offered myself to them and gave them the promises that I wished to deliver later on in this House. They trusted me, heard my word, believed in me and elected me. I would like to thank them all. I also take this special chance to thank my family, beginning with my husband. I heard the woman governor for some county struggling to place her husband as the county first gentleman, and I do not know how the husbands of the Women Representatives will be referred to. I do not know if it is the county man or what it is. I thank my husband for supporting me. I would like to thank a clique of friends, that is Warembo na Ishu. I also thank the church where some of the members stood with me, prayed for me, and fasted for my sake. Thank you so much and may God bless you. Turkana County is placed in a very unique position. We border three international boundaries; that is Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda. This puts Turkana in a very advantageous position and disadvantageous one at the same time, especially on the insecurity matters where our boundaries expose us to external aggression. The people of Turkana lose lives and livestock to the neighbouring countries. Even internally, we are still vulnerable. Over the weekend, I came from burying very eminent members of my society that we lost to banditry. Turkana County is one vulnerable county. This country has to take note of the unique challenges that we go through. Apart from losing lives to the internal conflicts, the external ones need to be looked into. It is like fighting an international country like Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda, and there are no members of the army deployed in those boundaries. We are the people who are taking care of those boundaries. It is my wish that for the first time, the Government in place today will look into the special placement of Turkana so that the army is deployed in those international boundaries. About the banditry, we will have discussions going forward. It has become a menace as it affects many counties here. Surprisingly, the perpetrators seem to come from one specific place. That is a discussion for another day. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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