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    "id": 1291271,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lomenen",
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. First and foremost, I thank the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Duale. He is my close friend, but I have missed him in this Chamber for so long because I have been having several questions for him. I know he has been so busy. Going straight to the point, Turkana County is 77,000 square kilometers. It borders Ethiopia in the area of Kibish, Southern Sudan at Nadapal and Uganda at Lokiriama. Something that is so unique that the Cabinet Secretary is supposed to know is that Pokots are dual citizens. They fight in both Kenya and Uganda. How do you treat them? When they ambush the Turkanas in Kenya, they hide themselves and their weapons in Uganda. As we talk now, the KDF is not in Uganda. I am also sure it is not located in Ethiopia. It is only located in Southern Sudan at Nadapal. It is my observation that those who are there are very few. Our citizens from Loima in Turkana County have been mostly harassed by the Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). Even as we talk now, there are people who are imprisoned just because of taking their livestock to Uganda. You know very well there is the East Africa Treaty which we signed. Citizens for partner states such as Kenya are supposed to enjoy this grazing fields and waters. As we talk right now, there are not supposed to step there in whichever means they will use. The livestock and the people at Lokiriama are suffering. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will need clarification from the Cabinet Secretary responsible why the KDF is not in Uganda, Ethiopia, between West Pokot Uganda, as my colleague Senator said. You should not treat West Pokot as Kenyans only, they are external. They fall both in Uganda and Kenya. Therefore, when they do something, you do not treat them as Kenyans, but differently. Thank you."
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