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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, if history serves me right - the distinguished Senator for Marsabit County will correct me - this area of attack is next to an area which is used by the military for training. If you have gone to Marsabit, and you drive from Marsabit Town, pass the town called Hula Hula and come down, before you go to Kargi, right next, there is an area where the Rendille and the Samburu use for their cultural ceremonies. I have attended these ceremonies so I speak with authority. I know the area and it is a tough terrain. During the last Parliament, we were trying to speak to the Government to move the military from that area. They did not. Today, when I come here and hear that two young souls have been taken out of this world, it really hurts as a parent and as a leader. We might have our differences, Kenya Kwanza and Azimio la Umoja one Kenya Coalition, but when we come here, what we must defend is the sanctity of life. We must defend these people who are our brothers and children in this country. The CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government, who used to sit in that seat as the Deputy Speaker, is now in charge where in parts of this country they have taken the military to go and deal with bandits. If you care about these two young kids whose future has been taken away from them, their parents will never get to see them, please, the first thing he needs to do is to go to a place called Maikona and recover the 1,000 sheep, which have been recovered there today, and make sure they go to the people. The next thing they need to do, instead of just having an area where they say is for military training, is for them to deal because they know the people who are sponsoring these attacks. It is for them to go out there because when you drive to Moyale there is multi- agency security apparatus. There is no way you can bribe on the road. You will find people from the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and even those from Anti-stock theft. Every agency is on the road. It begs the question, why are we still ignoring and neglecting the Rendile Community and encouraging the brewing of these inter-clan and tribal warfare? This is a very painful ordeal. I hope that the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government will move expeditiously to make sure that place gets peace. When I was seated here before, I read the Statement in detail and heard my colleague, Sen. Okiya Omtatah saying that if these people are arrested, they should be court martialed. I whispered to my colleague that they are not military. However, these are the kinds of people that if arrested, there is no point of trying them. You should just put them there and put live bullets into their chests. If they can be bold enough to take away a child and cut open their stomach and you can see the intestines---let me reiterate again. Something needs to be done. If life means anything to any leader in this country, it is about time that we set aside our differences and secure this country."
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