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    "id": 1238262,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity. First and foremost, I want to send my heartfelt condolences to the people of Marsabit and the three families that have lost their loved ones. As you are aware, and as has been said by the Mover, Marsabit has been experiencing many years of conflict. Many lives and livelihoods have been lost. As a result of that, we have lost prominent leaders of this country, as mentioned by the Mover. However, we are not seeing any improvements. Some of the sources of conflict are as a result of underdevelopment in these counties. You are aware that we have very long porous borders all the way from Turkana. We border Sudan, which is a country with a lot of turmoil. We have Marsabit and Samburu, which border Ethiopia, which is a country with free guns. People move to and fro with guns across the borders. Additionally, even along my own county and up to Garissa, the borders are just too large and porous. Ammunition and guns are readily available at very cheap prices. Therefore, while we appreciate the action being taken by our security officers, I think we have moved below the bar. We are now seeing that the military is in Turkana, West Pokot and so on. Those people have not been cleared, killed or arrested. They just relocated to other areas. They have moved to the borders of Marsabit, Samburu, Isiolo, and will go beyond up to Wajir and those places. They will just move and keep causing mayhem by stealing animals and killing people. As we speak, the number of people who are mentioned here, are coming from one community; one of the minority communities in Marsabit. If things continue as they are, I am worried that some of the communities that are actually the minority might be wiped out. They might kill all of them."
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