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    "id": 1521984,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Our MPs have also told us that on the night of the attack, there was no network coverage; that somehow the network by Safaricom experienced an outage on the night of the attack, making it impossible for them to save lives. The argument by these two MPs is that if they were able to communicate the attack early, many lives would have been saved. Sen. Lomenen can also confirm this. The two MPs and the Senator are currently there trying to calm our people down because there is growing frustration on the ground. Some people are calling for retaliatory attacks. If these leaders were not present to calm the temperatures down, it is going to be very difficult. We want the Government to move with speed, especially the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, to secure the necessary cooperation from the Ethiopian authorities for us to get our brethren who are missing in the lake. Lastly, the report was that the National Police Reservist officers who were stationed in Turkana had no ammunition. The Senator can also confirm this. Sometimes when we raise these issues, people say we are being unduly critical. However, as a Member of the National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, I assure the people and the Senator of Turkana County that we are going to get to the bottom of these issues and the lapse in security that has led to the loss of lives. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have been asked to send a message to the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs through the Prime Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi. The people of Turkana want to see the same effort we have seen in other things, including the same sort of delegation that went to Addis Ababa from the Ministry being stationed in Addis Ababa again to be able to secure the cooperation of the Ethiopian authorities. This will ensure that we not only retrieve the bodies of our beloved ones who are still somewhere in the lake, but ensure that such a thing never happens again. On behalf of the people of Nairobi, our party, my family and myself, I tell the people of Turkana that we stand with them. This is a county that is very close to my heart for---"
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