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    "id": 1218749,
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    "speaker_name": "Turkana South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Namoit",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand here as the Member representing the great people of Turkana South. This is the most affected sub-county. Hon. Temporary Speaker, please, protect me from my colleagues who are making a lot of noise. I just want to echo the Motion by my County Woman Representative that cattle rustling has become a problem in Kenya. This phenomenon involves both inter and intra-ethnic as well as cross-border raids for livestock. We need to realise that cattle rustling has evolved. It has evolved from being a cultural practice to being modernised to become a strategy for engaging in territorial expansionism. Let me just state very clearly that in the last three consecutive days, my constituency has been raided by bandits from our Pokot neighbours. For three consecutive days, Pokot bandits raided Kaakong, Lokwar and Nakwamoru. All the livestock were driven to Kesses – a place that, we, as the Turkana people, call “Kang’ilokitai.” The stolen livestock were divided into three groups. One group was driven to Kang’ilokitai, which they call Kesses. The second team went to Kadeng’oi, which is the current settlement for the Pokot inside Turkana South. The third group went to Omboliong’, a place I consider my grandfather’s home. Whatever the Government has done, I believe is something that His Excellency the President, Dr William Ruto, stated in Khale, where I hosted him when he was launching the drought relief. During that time, the President was explicit when he stated very clearly that he wanted to end cattle rustling. Unfortunately, on that same day, the Pokot bandits raided Turkana East and Marakwet West at the same time. I want to believe that the previous Government was not serious about handling this serious menace of cattle rustling. The previous Government was either ignoring the matter or compromising the situation. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have been having too many investments by peace actors in addressing the issue of conflict in North-Western Kenya. They have invested a lot of money but I believe these are the smooth strategies to address issues of insecurity. It is a smooth strategy in the sense that it does not address the actual problem we are experiencing as banditry- prone zones. As a representative of the people of Turkana South, I have the authority to request the Government that before we have any discussion on peace between the Pokot and the Turkana, I need the Pokot to move back to their territory so that we can have a conversation. You cannot end a conflict when the person who is in conflict with you is inside your house. It cannot happen. To finalise this, you cannot graze in Uganda …."
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