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    "id": 1337116,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1337116/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lamu East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruweida Mohamed",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2100,
        "legal_name": "Shariff Athman Ali",
        "slug": "shariff-athman-ali"
    },
    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 43, I wish to make a General Statement with regard to the alleged claims of ethnic cleansing in Lamu County. On Thursday, 5th October 2023, during her Maiden Speech in the House, the Women Representative of Lamu County, Hon. Muthoni Marubu, made allegations implying that the ongoing incidences of insecurity in Lamu County were a disguise for ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the indigenous people on the Agikuyu community in the region. I wish to put it on record that residents of Lamu County, including those from Iraq and Mkokoni sub-locations, who comprise persons from various ethnic backgrounds, among them the Agikuyu, have been living together in peace. The security situation in Lamu has been delicate, and it has become an easy target for attacks by criminal gangs and infiltration by Al Shabaab militants, especially in Boni Forest. As a matter of fact, insecurity affects all residents alike irrespective of their ethnicity. Additionally, the names of terror suspects released by the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration yesterday show that these individuals hail from a cross-section of all tribes and regions, not just from Lamu. It is, therefore, regrettable that my colleague made such unfounded claims of ethnic cleansing when the entire Lamu County has been bearing the brunt of external militant and terrorist attacks. As the Member of Parliament for Lamu East Constituency, and the previous Lamu County Women Representative, I appeal to my colleague and other political leaders from the region to encourage peace and ethnic harmony as opposed to fanning ethnic divisions. Further, I urge the Government to quicken investigations into the root causes of the incessant insecurity in Lamu in order to bring the perpetrators to book. I also request the security agencies to step up security surveillance in Lamu in order to stabilise peace in the region. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}