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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Murgor",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Recha Murgor",
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    "content": "I support it because some of us have been in areas where we have had conflict after conflict over the years. AMANI Forum is one that if empowered and recognized would come and bring remedies in some of the areas that have had a lot of conflicts. Peace meetings that are held in some of the places involving PCs, DCs and politicians have not borne any fruits. The PCs and DCs sometimes bring people together and make them shake hands only to clash and fight on the way home. That is an indication that those meetings are not bearing any fruit whatsoever. I would also urge that we recognize the AMANI Forum as a body that will stand in between so that conflicting areas are helped. If there was a body such as that one, for Rwanda when there was a conflict a few years ago, that country would have been saved early enough so that the loss of life and property that was realized would not go to the extent that it went. So, AMANI Forum would have been a solution. It would have brought a remedy to that country by bringing conflicting groups together so that emerging issues would be sorted out early enough. We also know that ours brought us near total destruction in this country. Had a forum such as this one been in place and was empowered to come up with resolutions, it would have saved us from the crisis that we faced. Conflicts still persist in Isiolo, Turkana and Pokot and such a body would bring a lasting solution to the conflicts in those areas. There are also conflicts between various ethnic groups and the AMANI Forum will be empowered to resolve these conflicts. One of the causes of the conflicts is resources. The AMANI Forum will be in a position to discuss issues to do with resources and resolve conflicts that arise as a result of lack of resources. This forum could even work with the elders in the affected areas so that differences are ironed out. Some of the things that make them have conflict include water and pasture. Elders can help in determining who should graze his animals where and the water point to use. Border conflicts also occur between some groups in Kenya and those in Uganda and the AMANI Forum is better placed to handle such conflicts. This is because the forum can liaise with leaders from both sides. It can also organise open fora to discuss the areas of conflict and resolve them. The AMANI Forum can also confront notorious people. Sometimes we have politicians, elders and leaders who cause these problems. This forum can ensure that such people do not cause problems. This group will be empowered to do research so that it can determine why certain groups are notorious in causing conflicts, for example, in North Eastern Province, the North Rift and along our borders. The AMANI Forum will advise our leaders and provide intelligence that could stop recurrence of such conflicts. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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