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    "id": 1522531,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this adjournment Motion. I also congratulate the Member who tabled the Motion. Seeing the passion with which our colleagues from Turkana have talked about this matter, with heavy hearts and sadness in their expressions, we have no option, but to stand with them. I wish more Members could contribute to the Motion because it is a matter of national importance. I send my condolences to the families of the people who lost their lives. I urge our Government to take matters of insecurity seriously because many lives have been lost in the northern and north-eastern parts of this country. People in counties situated along our borders have always been attacked by different people and many lives have been lost yet we know that it is the responsibility of any Government to protect the lives and properties of its citizens. Looking at the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Turkana, and even those of us who come from northern Kenya, it is as though the security that other Kenyans enjoy is not our portion. Every life matters. Even as I stand with our colleagues, send my condolences and encourage them to continue fighting for their rights, I urge our Government to take this matter seriously so that no more lives are lost. Our Government should be firm and bold when it comes to protecting its citizens, especially when neighbouring countries attack us. With those few remarks, I support the Adjournment Motion."
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