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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Loima, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Protus Akujah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice to the President’s Speech. For the record, my name is Hon. Protus Akujah, Member of Parliament for Loima Constituency in Turkana County. Before I make my comments on the President’s Speech, allow me to take this opportunity to thank the great people of Loima Constituency for recognising my commitment to work for them. Therefore, they have given me another chance to serve them and I do not take it for granted. According to me, the President’s Speech was concise and elaborate. However, I am quick to mention that I noted with utmost concern that he did not address the issue of insecurity as mentioned by a Member from Baringo County. I know there could be some relative peace in some parts of this country. But outstandingly, the external aggression Kenyans continue to face from Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia to the people of Turkana County is very loud. The Kenya Government has been silent on the daily killing of Turkana pastoralists in Lokichoggio, Lotere, Lorugum, Loyoro, Kibish and Todonyang, leave alone the internal insecurity within our country or inter- boundaries which has been happening in the form of livestock theft commonly known as cattle rustling. This longstanding threat has caused many losses of lives, destruction of property, loss of livelihoods, displacement of people and closure of social amenities such as health centres and schools among others and yet the Government has been quiet. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I urge the Government to bring to an end this barbaric and backward activity which for a long time has been commercialised. The cartels planning this are on the loose and nobody is apprehending them. The Government should deploy security forces including the National Police Reserves along our borders to check the run-away insecurity in these areas. There is need to have proper communication networks along these problematic borders for efficient reporting of any insecurity incidents. Some of these areas do not have Safaricom or Telkom networks and, therefore, atrocities are done to our people and there is no means to report to any government forces. Allow me to also comment on some of the projects that have stalled in my constituency, which I hope this Government will fast-track. First, is the completion of Lodwar-Lorugum- Loya-Nayopwang Road to ease movement of people, goods and services. Second, is the construction and operationalisation of Lokiriama Border Post to promote trade between Kenya and Uganda and ease movement of people, goods and services. Third, is the completion of Lodwar High Court which stalled in 2015. This will help scale up justice and adjudicate cases efficiently. Since this court stalled, cases are now referred to Kitale which is expensive for the Government and the people who have to travel to Kitale to get justice. Last, but not the least, is on the upscaling of agriculture productivity. Indeed, Kenya is an agricultural country and the sector contributes 20 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product and employs about 40 per cent of the total population. The sector also provides employment to 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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