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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Cabinet Secretary is referring to my colleague as ‘the governor.’ He is the Senator for Bungoma County. However, he may have a vision. Last week, the Senate was in Turkana County for Senate Mashinani. We visited different areas and listened to people. I am not a Member of the Committee on Agriculture, but I joined them in their trip to Katilu Irrigation Scheme. We went there to see the first intake from River Turkwel. We were accompanied by an entourage of police officers. We were told that the area was where the neighbours from Pokot would come and attack the people of Turkana. The people there said that they would wish for Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to be stationed there to serve as a buffer zone between the Pokot and the Turkana. I am happy with your statement that you will integrate them in community projects. They do not go there and camp, but get land and use it for irrigation. They are capable of irrigating about two million acres, but only have 2,000 acres under irrigation. We can use KDF to provide security and food security in this country. If they were put there as a buffer zone between the Pokot and Turkana, there are acres of land where local communities can cultivate. They were giving the suggestion that for locals to proceed from Turkana to Pokot, they go through a KDF camp. I had time to reflect and as a nation, we need to think about what we need to do for the neighbours. We realized that Turkanas and communities in Laikipia and the Samburus complain of the Pokot attacks. Something needs to be done. Nonetheless, my question was on creation of a buffer zone."
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