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"content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir and the three Senators who have raised the respective matters. With regard to the statement and concern from the distinguished Senator for West Pokot County, the Rev. (Sen.) Murgor, I agree that Sigor is a deserving matter. I have been in that area and I know it is in the triangle that the Senator for West Pokot is talking about. It is not a happy triangle because, that is where we have lost many people from Baringo across the Kolowa bridge to Tot in Marakwet East. We have added a sub-county on the Baringo Kolowa side. On the Elgeyo Marakwet side, we are trying to resolve the issue by creating the Kerio Valley Sub-County, which will solve the Tot-Liten problem in Kaben area. It is true that; that area in Sigor, near Cheptulel in West Pokot County, is the area where this country recently lost one of its most industrious sons in the line of duty. Therefore, it is a deserving case subject to public participation procedures as has been done in other cases. The Government will be more than happy to expedite the establishment of an additional sub-county, so as to bring equity among the communities and counties in that triangle. This is so that every part of our country and that region feels protected by the Government as is their right. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the distinguished Senator for Mombasa County, my old colleague Sen. Faki and my professional senior has asked whether this administration condones extra judicial killings. I inform the House and the country without fear of contradiction that this Government does not condone the use of the weapons that are for the protection of the people of Kenya, entrusted by law in our law enforcement agencies, to destroy lives and kill people outside the law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one of the first administrative measures that President William Ruto took early in this administration was to disband a unit within the National Police Service (NPS) which had been incriminated with going out of their mandate to torture and kill the people of Kenya outside the law. This Government does not tolerate the use of the security machinery of the state to kill people and citizens of Kenya. The weapons we have are to protect the nation and the people, not to kill and harass them. With regard to the three issues the hon. Senator has raised and so that we are structured, thorough and deliberate, I encourage that request to come as a specific question addressed to us. We would like to know whether a report has been made and what the Occurrence Book (OB) number is, so that the answer we give the House and the country will be extremely accurate and can be relied on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will not comment on these individual cases unless there is a specific written question with information that can help us track whether a report has already been done to enable us identify those cases. People can say Mr. so and so is lost, but where is the report? One way of helping the police and investigative authorities to investigate an issue or the civil society to ascertain the truth is when there is an OB number and when someone has formally entered a complaint of a missing person or a person they suspect 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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