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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support the Adjournment Motion to discuss this very important matter of the loss of lives due to conflict in the North; Marsabit and all the other related areas. I was listening keenly to Sen. Chute. I really felt for him, the people of Marsabit and Northern Kenya. It has become a trend and it is almost synonymous with some regions in this country, that conflict is the order of the day. I strongly believe that it is not the desire of any human being to harm another. However, very difficult circumstances are forcing communities to rise against one another. They fight each other over pasture, scarce resources and leadership. At times, they have clan wars over leadership. You would wonder why there are parts of this country that have been left for the jungle law. There is another Kenya where there is order, security forces, Kenyans and their property are protected and nothing can be allowed to harm them. Then there are Kenyans who have been left to harm and kill themselves and survive in the most difficult circumstances. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, five minutes are not enough. I feel very bad that this situation is happening in Marsabit and Laikipia counties, as well as many pastoralist areas. Yesterday, the Azimio people were allowed to do maandamano and move around the City. Towards the last elections, the Maasai Community in Kajiado East Constituency was demonstrating against human-wildlife conflict and five young people were gunned down by the Government. There are those who are treated like animals, whom the bullet is meant for, and there are those who are protected by the law. I urge Members from pastoralist communities that we are a huge force. We must read the signs of times and the writings on the wall, so that we communicate with each other and look for ways to solve the problems in our places. Meanwhile, the Kenya Kwanza Government should come out differently from the previous governments. It needs to give infrastructure to these areas and harvest the current floodwaters, in order to save this community from subsequent droughts and conflicts. Pain is what has caused some of us to join leadership, thinking we will solve situations in our communities. Sen. Chute mentioned the leaders who passed on. The wife of Titus Ngoyoni, Mary Ngoyoni; Alice Kureia, a lady from Turkana called Beatrice Askul and I started an organisation called Pastoralist Women of Kenya (PWK) to try and solve some situations. That is how I ended up in the National Assembly. To date, we are still crying because we have not been listened to. That is why I urge my President, a pastoralist, to now come out and bring order---"
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