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    "id": 1274491,
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    "speaker_name": "Siaya County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Christine Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. The insecurity situation in this country has been debated in this House many times. We always say what should be done but we do not seem to apply those strategies. Right now, over 400 bodies have been exhumed in Shakahola. This happened in broad daylight. People died. When it was discovered, the entire security force was deployed there. Senior government officials, including the President, visited that place. However, we do not seem to care about other areas where insecurity is rampant. Turkana County and the North Eastern region have had this problem for a long time. In Nyanza, we have Migingo Island, where fishermen are killed all the time and nobody cares. We are talking about insecurity but we are being very selective. For some areas, the Government responds very quickly. For some, they do not give a damn. What is happening? I felt I gave a good suggestion in my last contribution on this same Motion. That, at least, when insecurity is menacing and constantly taking place, the police can be deployed in the area. It does not look like that is happening. We have too many policemen who can be deployed in that area. We have a strong police force that can deal with the problem but we do not seem to use them. We know what is happening. Why are we not sending enough police officers to Northern Kenya to take care of banditry? They can tackle it. I also suggested that we could declare curfews. The Government can use many methods to stop what is happening. We are very good in peacekeeping missions. We always travel and our security forces are always deployed in other countries to bring peace. However, we are not peaceful ourselves. The same security forces that bring peace in other countries are not being deployed to bring peace among ourselves in our own country. I suggest that we become serious with issues of banditry and insecurity. We should take care of insecurity in the North Eastern region and deal with issues like the one witnessed in Shakahola to make sure that it does not happen again. Bodies are still being exhumed from mass graves in Shakahola. How many people have died in Shakahola? How many people have died in Turkana? Even if only two people are killed per instance, for all these years, how many people have died in Turkana? If you count the number of people killed there, how many are they? How about Migingo? We are losing too many people in piecemeal. Two women are killed today. The next day, three. Another day, two. Another time, five. If you add those figures, in a year, how many people would have died? I think we need to address insecurity very seriously. It is not a laughing matter. I support the idea that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration comes to this House and answers some questions from Members. Thank you for giving me the opportunity."
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