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    "id": 1401896,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to say a word or two on this issue of insecurity. It is a very sad thing to listen to the story of what is happening in areas where insecurity is prevalent. Seeing somebody who had his own home is living almost nowhere, perhaps, in the forest just for fear of his life, is a sad thing. The number one priority of any Government is the security of its people. I appeal to the Government to rise up to the occasion and do what is needed to restore peace, so that areas which are suffering can feel safe. Hon. Temporary Speaker, just as the Leader of Minority Party has said, I know that there are causes for all this. Are those causes unique to those particular places alone? It is possible those causes are in other parts of this nation as well. However, those places have not taken to arms to fight the battle that is going on elsewhere. It has potential problems in those other ‘peaceful’ places. They are, indeed, not peaceful. They have potential problems that are waiting to occur. It is important and necessary for the Government to rise up to the occasion and face the situation before it explodes to other parts of the country where problems are already on the surface. Talking of development, economic progress where there is no peace is a waste of time. Our nation will never develop if what has started in those areas that we are talking about is allowed to continue. We will not get anywhere with our effort. I know we pay a lot of tax so that we can improve our country, but then who will use the resources necessary for development if you do not know what is coming to you in the next day individually and as communities? If you know today and not tomorrow, you cannot invest or try to accumulate anything that would add to your wealth if you have any. In other words, the problem we are facing is a serious one that needs serious action for Kenya to develop and move forward. If we sleep over the peace, pretending that the development upon which we spend a lot of effort will be fruitful, we are daydreaming. I beg the Government to act now and not tomorrow."
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