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    "id": 1218797,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigor, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Lochakapong",
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    "content": "Counties, sub-counties, wards and locations have what we call administrative boundaries for administration. The people living around these boundaries have co-existed for a long time. During drought they move from one region to another. Therefore, I want to dispel and clear the perception that this community is expansionist. Cattle rustling has a historical background. When we were born, we found it and it is still going on. We can help to reduce or curb it but this will take time. Like Hon. Moroto said, this has been with us for some time. When we do things the same way, we should not expect different results. I know we have an operation going on and this time I think the Government will adopt a different approach so that they get desired results. We must distinguish between cattle rustlers and bandits. These days it is emerging that banditry is being done for commercial purposes. There are very few bandits in communities so this should not be treated as a community problem. Cattle rustling has been there for some time but we want to eradicate it. The only way to do it is by speaking and addressing the issue of marginalisation in the affected areas. Some of these places were closed and successive Governments marginalised them. There should be a deliberate effort and attempt by Government to bring these places as closer as possible to the rest of Kenya. Leaders must check their utterances because they fuel insecurity. When somebody stands and says, ‘We cannot discuss peace unless the Pokot move away’, surely, that is not good and cannot work because people have lived here all this time. Therefore, as leaders, we should know that our people will either enjoy moments of peace or be in constant conflict depending on how we lead them. It is important to check the utterances we make and how we talk to them. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want you to add me one minute because I want to say something. We had managed to some extent to…."
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