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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in relation to the Question by the distinguished Senator for Turkana County, I state as follows- Major town centers in Tukana County, especially Turkana South, that is Kakong, Kainuk, Kaputir and Lokichar, are currently under a curfew. We are reviewing whether there may be a need to isolate specific town centers that may not be contributing to the security challenge we have in that area and remove them from the renewal of the curfew orders. That assessment has been going on for the last two months. There are indications that some of the town centers will be removed from the curfew orders. The same way we did with some of the urban centers that had been included in the curfew orders within Samburu County. However, the curfew orders in Turkana County and other counties where it has been determined that the state of insecurity categorizes them as dangerous and disturbed, those orders will subsist. We have no timelines; we will not say when those orders will expire. Those orders will expire when we are convinced that the current threat has been extinguished. Just for the avoidance of doubt, I have said that the Government will only consider on a case-by-case basis particular towns and urban centers, especially around the highway: the Kitale-Kapenguria-Kainuk-Lokichar-Lodwar Highway. A few of those urban centers may be exempted, but only within the urban centers, so that we do not affect commercial activities which should not be the case. However, the general area still remains volatile. We have made some advances in the past year, especially with regard to highway robberies, but we are still experiencing challenges and therefore, the curfew orders will subsist. In particular, the area that is giving us a bit of a challenge is the KWS area and the Turkana South Game Reserve. Some of the breaches of security that we continue to see sporadically are emanating from that space. We are taking special security measures to secure the Turkana South Game Reserve and make it inaccessible to criminals. We do not agree that there is a surge of crime linked to the curfew orders. We have checked on all police station occurrence books within Turkana and particularly Turkana South sub- counties and the daily reports from the national Government administrative offices and our conclusion is that there has been a drop in petty and major crimes in the towns under the curfew. Crime has not been eradicated, but there is a drop in incidents. Therefore, it is also the position of the Government that only authorized vehicles that are in the schedule for the curfew orders are allowed to operate beyond the curfew hours. In the curfew orders, there is an annexure of the listed essential security providers who are exempted from the curfew. If the distinguished Senator for Turkana County has any information of any misconduct of our law enforcement officials who might be abusing the curfew orders to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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