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    "id": 1284612,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by Sen. Faki. I would like to address this issue in two ways. First, is the issue of Lamu County. As you are aware, I am the Chairperson of the Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration. The issue of Lamu is very dangerous. What is happening is that the al-Shabaab is getting through to Lamu youth and recruiting them because there is an issue between the communities living in Lamu and the communities who have lived there and have just been brought some time back. They came in the 1960s. The problem is the issue of land. The youths are complaining that their land has been grabbed. This is what is making al-Shabab recruit the youth, which is dangerous. The Government should take swift action to arrest these issues. If possible, they should bring the communities together and urge them to coexist. If they do not co-exist, then the problem will persist. This problem is not confined to Lamu County. It can spill over to Mombasa and Malindi. In the last Lamu County incidence, we lost three youth who were in the military from Marsabit County. In total, we have lost almost 10 lives since this issue of Lamu County started. As you are aware, we had the al-Qaeda incidence in 1998 and 25 years down the line, nobody has been compensated. Our Government introduced a new system where the Kenya Defence Force joined the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) for a peace keeping mission in Somalia. Today, you are safer in Mogadishu than being in Lamu, Wajir and Garissa counties."
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