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    "id": 1274479,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1274479/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": "I would like every Kenyan living in Turkanaland or Pokotland or in any other part of Kenya to do so in peace. Unfortunately, these areas have habitual banditry issues but it is like nothing is happening to address the issue. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration should prioritise this matter. That area is being undermined. Dubai and Qatar are deserts. Turkana County has a lot of potential. If we had got our priorities right, Turkana would be feeding Kenya. Insecurity has denied that area development. Investors would be flocking there. I recently visited London. There is a monument of a Turkana boy there. People flock there just to see the monument. If we took that monument back to Turkana, because it is among our agenda as a country, we would have dealt with insecurity issues. Turkana will turn into a tourist attraction area. Having young people being raised there witnessing all this causes tragic mental issues for them. Once people are psychologically affected, they cannot think about development. Since they know that their lives can be taken any time, they cannot think seriously about development. They will be in survival mode. We want every Kenyan to move from survival mode to thriving move. Recently, I witnessed something terrible. In Busia, too many policemen were deployed to go into people’s homes and beat up peaceful people. Why does Kindiki not deploy those many policemen in Turkana County and deal with the insecurity menace there once and for all? Alternatively, he can train those bandits, transform them and then employ them. He can equally deploy police officers in those areas to deal with the situation. I want our Kindiki to listen. If he is a father and a leader in this nation, the children in Turkana County are equally children of Kenya. Our children cannot be raised in an environment where their mothers have to live in the bush, hiding away from bandits. If they are sick or pregnant, how do they even 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."
}