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    "id": 1522495,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522495/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Nanok",
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    "content": "during a period of relatively peaceful coexistence between the people of Turkana North in Todonyang and the people in our neighbouring countries, including the Dessanech people of Ethiopia. Suddenly, we lost more than 25 people. The story we have heard from people who have visited the area is that the Member for Turkana North is still there. He has been held there since Sunday. He has not been able to come and execute his function of representing the people of Turkana North because of this situation. The Security Committee of Turkana County is held up there. The story we are getting is that the whole area of the Omo River Delta, as it enters into Lake Turkana, is full of stinking human bodies thrown into Lake Turkana. That is the pain that the people of Turkana North and Turkana County are suffering from. What do we hear? We hear our Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration referring the incident as a small matter, saying that we should show restraint. What do you do when you lose 25 people and you cannot account for more than 30 people, including children and men who were fishing in that lake? This is not a small matter. That is the pain we feel as the people from there. It is time the Government of Kenya did the honourable thing. The border between Kenya and South Sudan, and between Kenya and Ethiopia, is not secured. People cross in and out as they wish. The area where the massacre occurred is Kenyan territory, but because of the peace that had been brokered between the Dassanech and the Turkana communities in Todonyang, the two communities had been living together. Whatever triggered the killings is a matter that needs to be investigated by the two Governments and resolved in a way that protects the lives of the people of Turkana North. People have lost their livelihoods. Their fishing boats and fishing nets are gone. It is only good that we hear that these people have been given back their nets. The massacre should not be swept under the carpet again, like the many others that have happened before. That is the pain we feel, but for those who have lost their lives, we are sorry. The people of Turkana West, of course, stand with their brothers in Turkana North, and we hope that the Government will step in strongly to get a permanent solution. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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