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    "id": 1218734,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1218734/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": "investigate the problem facing the people of Kerio Valley and the entire conflict zones of this country. This is because the problem is historical. It is no longer about banditry and cattle rustling. It is mutating to territorial expansionism. That is the biggest problem we have as we speak. I agree with my colleague, Mhe . Jematiah, Member for Baringo County, who said that these people need to be classified as terrorists. They are not bandits. The President should convene a National Security Council meeting and have the bandits declared terrorists and dealt with as such in accordance with the laws of this country. In short, in as much as we have KDF troops in that region to solve the conflict, we need a long-term solution in Kerio Valley. The reason why a certain community is blamed for initiating this problem is due to lack of exposure. They need to be exposed and that area developed in its totality because it has been left out by Governments for quite a long time. Therefore, we need a commission of inquiry to properly investigate the matters affecting the people of Kerio Valley. We also need proper disarmament. Can you image people wielding guns yet we have legislations in this country protecting our people from being killed. With those remarks, I beg to support this Motion and pray that, in the fulness of time, we shall get a lasting solution in Kerio Valley."
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