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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "him and the people of Marsabit for the unnecessary loss of lives that were lost, not just now, but also in the past. I wish to add what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale said earlier that Dr. Bonaya Godana was one of the finest lawyers we had in this country, the first to get a First Class Honours in Law in this country. As we discuss this issue, I would like to remind the Senate that in the recent past we have discussed similar issues in Turkana, Baringo and other areas of pastoralists. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to come up with something different than just lamenting and not doing anything about this issue. Whereas security is an issue or a function that is assigned to national Government, the Senate needs to persuade the national Government of the need to strengthen the intergovernmental relations with counties for purposes of ensuring that we tighten security matters for the benefit of residents in counties. Even as the national Government is in charge of insecurity, the insecurity happens on the ground in counties. When it happens, it is not possible for county governments to just continue with the development agenda. One of the things that the Senate needs to do is to start conversations on how national and county governments can cooperate on security matters to ensure that issues of cattle rustling, civil attacks of communities and inter-tribal wars are stemmed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you work with the county governments, they are likely to be the first recipients of information that is happening and to know the innuendo of the tussles between communities and tribes that is happening on the ground. If they were to be involved, then issues like what happened in Shakahola might not happen because both levels are dealing with this issue. Therefore, we need to recommend, as the Senate, that the intergovernmental cooperation between the two levels of government happen in security matters, so that we can help to deal with the issues that are there. The second issue that is as important is that it is high time we applied the Equalization Fund to the marginalized areas in order to fast-track the infrastructure necessary to put in place things like water, schools and health in order. This will settle some of the communities that play the survival game because they have been marginalized and we are not fast-tracking their development in order for them to participate in development like every other place. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if the Senate focuses on this and this is directly under our mandate, we will contribute to this issue. Otherwise, we have had this conversation we are having today in respect of another area and we will have it tomorrow in respect of another area. It is high time this country started valuing human life and the idea of people being killed willy-nilly by other communities or by police forces and others needs to stop. As the Senate and the legislature, we need to send the message that life is important and we need to take it seriously. I support."
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