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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murgor",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also air my views along with my colleagues. While I appreciate the opportunity to share, I grieve with my brother, Sen. Chute for losing such a big number of people. He said: “It is not even known who will be next because those who have gone have gone, but it is not known which group of people will be next.” The neglect that has been there ever since colonial time and Independent Kenya now on pastoralists is terribly hitting us. It seems like it is going out of hand because there are killings every now and then. I had gone to attend another burial of five last week in a place called Seker and many others in other places like Sigor in Chesegon area as well as along the Turkwel area where people are killed every day. The fact that the Government seems to not really feel with the people, enhances it so that the stopping point is not there. I would say that they are operatives of the government. A whole Cabinet Secretary (CS) goes without area leaders to a chaotic place. What is he going to do? My experience from the Pokot and Turkana communities is that, unless there is dialog you cannot do anything. Bringing the two communities together to a table to talk would really help because either side would give their views and bring solutions. Affirmative action on education will solve this menace in the long run. When people get educated, they are less likely to get attracted to this. The higher the illiteracy there is in a place the more likely they are to massacre each other. Affirmative action will bring solution to hunger and knowledge of resources such as grazing areas, water points and so on. This is something that the government can bring to solve the issue. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale stated that this has graduated into political scores between rival politicians. In addition, it has also graduated into land and boarder issues such that one community wants to push the other across the river or non-boarder because they want to extend their territory into other areas. This is an issue that the Government knows of because they know the boarders between districts and counties. Therefore, they could come in and state where the end of a county is, for example, West Pokot or Samburu, so that the issue and mentality of extension does not occur. I support. Thank you."
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