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    "id": 1264019,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi Hills, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Bernard Kitur",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), I seek leave for the adjournment of the House for purposes of discussing a matter of urgent national importance regarding ongoing incidents of insecurity in Lamu County. The country has been witnessing attacks by suspected terror groups and clandestine armed gangs in certain parts of the country, particularly in Lamu and Garissa counties. Recently, innocent residents of Salama and Juhudi villages in Lamu County were treated to heinous and brutal attacks that have caused anxiety to grip them and other Kenyans at large with regard to the safety of the country. The terror groups also attacked Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). About five or more locals and two officers of the KDF lost their lives due to the attacks, while several others suffered injuries of varying degrees. Residents in the affected areas remain tense due to fear of recurrent attacks, which is interrupting the social and economic order of their lives, and rolling back the gains that have been made in bolstering socio-economic development. There is, therefore, an urgent need for this House to discuss the matter with a view to charting a way forward on how to better equip the KDF and other security agencies in order to bring those attacks to an end, and secure the well-being of residents. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I seek leave for the adjournment of the House to discuss this matter of great national concern. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker."
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