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    "id": 1340531,
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    "speaker_name": "Garissa County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this very important Statement by Hon. Abdi Ali, the Member for Ijara, regarding the disappearance of three male adults. This is something that is very common for many of us who come from the northern and north-eastern parts of Kenya. The people of Marsabit and the northern parts of Kenya feel that the lives of wild animals are more important than those of human beings. That is why the disappearance of these three male adults is not taken seriously. The families are going through a lot of anguish, not knowing whether their loved ones are alive or not. We sometimes feel that the attention that security agencies are giving is not worth the lives of these people. Insecurity in northern Kenya has been there for many years. When you report, the procedures you have to go through take a lot of time even for security agencies to acknowledge that something serious has happened. I do not know whether it is their way of responding to distress calls or any report that they get. It is as if whoever is reporting is not given any attention. That is why I feel that the Police Service needs to be reformed completely. Now that we are digitising everything, especially from those areas, can we propose that they digitise the functions in places where somebody somewhere is suffering and their life is in danger? They need to act quickly to either save a life or so that the people who are affected can feel that, at least, they have received attention of the Government. Three or four years ago, some people from Marsabit were abducted in Nairobi. We followed the issue until after Elections. Up to date, we do not know whether those people are alive or not. When the families, the children and the neighbors remember that, and it is something they keep remembering, they call us as leaders and we have no answers. I am sure even Mheshimiwa and all the others who are from that area are going through the same stress. That is why today, we need to demand protection of every life in this country. It does not matter where you come from, who you are, and what you are doing. To protect people's lives is the priority and should be the responsibility of our Government. In my county, especially in Saku Constituency, people cannot do business anymore because during the night, the town or the village is taken over by others. They can loot or drive away your animals while you are watching. They can also get into your house and kill you, or come to your shop and you cannot say anything. When you report, it is only after six or seven hours that the police come and start investigations. By that time, you have lost everything. You have lost a life and even that person has already died and been buried. That is why we feel that the loss of innocent lives through bullets or through disappearance has become the order of the day. We need to overcome this. For those of us who come from the northern part of Kenya, some time back we used to say that it is when you get to Isiolo that you feel that you have seen Kenya. This killing and the disappearance of our people happening makes us feel that we are not yet fully adopted or accepted as Kenyans. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support this and it is my prayer that these people will be traced and their families updated. Thank you."
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