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    "id": 1279589,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1279589/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Emathe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue at hand is very critical. Our country should understand that over 40,000 Turkanas are in Uganda in search of pasture and water. They have been staying there even without identity cards. We thank the Government of Uganda for its hospitality and for showing the spirit of the East African Community. A court martial in Uganda was used to sentence Turkana who were caught in markets conducting their social activities. They were arrested and court-martialed the following day without the required trial or legal procedure. We have been able to meet officials of Uganda and asked them that sometimes they need to consider mediation and diplomacy, but up to date nothing has happened. We wanted the Kenyans to be handed over to our Government so that a lawful procedure is followed. Because Uganda is a friendly country and accommodates interests of Turkana in Uganda we, therefore, ask the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs to intervene and provide us with the right procedure of handling this issue. We also ask the Government of Kenya to provide access to water so that areas in Turkana South and Turkana North that have pasture can be used to resettle Turkana from Uganda. That means we need to have dams like the ones that have been constructed by the Government of Uganda. We need that to be replicated in Kenya because there is no water for livestock belonging to Kenyan pastoralists. That is why people go to Uganda. This is a Petition whose time has come and should open a debate on the same. I submit, Hon. Speaker. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."
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