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    "id": 1218780,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Christine Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have a cold but I hope you will hear me. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I thank my sister for bringing this Motion. I want to tell you that when you cry, we also cry because you are crying for your people, who are also our people. When we see people being killed in the North Rift, do not think that we, who do not come from that region, are happy to watch. We feel sad. That is why we must fight banditry in this country. Banditry has a very long history. It has been here for many years. That also shows you that the Government has never done anything all those years. When children, women and men are killed and livestock driven away, the Government does nothing. Successive regimes have performed zero work. They have never protected the people or supported them. They are simply talking and watching. We are together. Kenya is supposed to be a peacekeeping nation. It normally takes care of other countries. Kenyans are known for peacekeeping and they do it so well but when it comes to securing our own country, we are not able to do so. We just watch so helplessly yet we have a system that is supposed to protect our people. What is the Government doing? I am not very good at dealing with wars and insecurity, but I can tell you that one thing that the government needs to do is to impose curfew at night. Let people not move. Police officers should be everywhere at night. Anybody who moves at night should be arrested. That can bring insecurity down. That is my knowledge about ensuring that there is protection. Banditry mostly takes place at night. That is my contribution. The last point is that it is very sad to see education going down in the North Rift. It has never been up anyway. People in that region do not go to school. People do not have hospitals. People do not have proper food. People are just busy fighting and stealing. It is a backward area that has never known development since the colonial times. For how long are we going to see the North Rift remaining behind instead of advancing? A time has come when curfew must be implemented immediately. I am happy that the President the other day instructed the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Prof Kindiki, to go to the North Rift and ensure that there is a stop to night fights and banditry. I saw it on television. He wanted him to go there and stop night fights and banditry. I hope that is going to work even though for the time being curfew can work. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Otherwise, we will lament, fight and bring it down. I support this Motion. Asante sana."
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