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    "id": 1274446,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cecilia A. Ngitit",
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    "content": "I normally sit and cry wondering if the Turkana people belong to this country. How many people do we have to lose, especially to our neighbours, our fellow Kenyans – Pokot, for the Government to come to our rescue? How many women and children must die for this Government to hear our cry? I am crying to you, Hon. Kindiki. It is high time you went there and found out the problem with our neighbours. I have said many things in this House. I have found out that the problem is about land. These people want to kill our people to scare them off so that they can occupy our land. I want to tell them that until we are left with the last Turkana breathing, we will not lose even an inch of our land to you. Even if you kill all of us, we will not lose an inch of our land. We have protected our land even from external aggression. The Turkana people are being killed by Ethiopians, Sudanese, Ugandans and Kenyans. Who are we? Are we children of a lesser God? I do not know whether we are getting solutions in this House. We can have another Motion of Adjournment on the same matter in less than six months, but nothing will happen. I brought a Motion of Adjournment on this matter three months ago, but nothing happened. Bandits charge their phones in the camps where the military operate from. The military commanders go to bed with the leaders of other communities whom most of us do not even know. It is very sad. I am appealing to the leaders of our neighbours to talk to their people. Pursue the Turkana people to your satisfaction, but please spare the innocent travellers. Last weekend, we buried a warden administrator who was shot dead on her way home. The other month, we buried a university student who was taking her sick mother to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. She was killed. Her mother was suffering from cancer. I want to thank my Governor for paying the medical bill for her mother who was flown to India The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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