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    "id": 1525404,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Matters have been raised this afternoon by colleagues and have been directed to the Committees. Allow me to perhaps very quickly comment on two of them. One is on the security situation in Laikipia. I continue to empathise with Kenyans who, out of challenges of security, lose their property. However, because it is not in the traditional categorisation of what property is, it is not a building or a car or parcel of land in a prime location in this city, people do not treat it with the seriousness that it deserves. Many times, when you see Senators bring Statements that a family has been robbed of their cattle, it is, most of the time, their only source of livelihood. Therefore, it ought to be treated with the same seriousness as you would if today you were told that somebody had walked into someone's house or an apartment here in Nairobi and evicted them. Therefore, I want to appreciate that Sen. Kinyua continues to speak on behalf of the people of Ol Moran Ward in Laikipia County. This is not the first time that this matter has come to the Senate. Therefore, I hope that the new Vice-Chairperson of the Committee, who is seated very comfortably in the House this afternoon, is following this conversation so that they treat it with the urgency that it deserves, to ensure that Mr. Francis Ndukuyi and Mr. Kipruto are properly reconnected with their animals and are compensated. I also appreciate the good work as reported in this Statement that is being done by the National Police Reservists (NPR). Many times, there has been a debate in this country by the usual ignorant gang who speak out of abundance of ignorance on issues that they completely know nothing about. They insist that NPRs are a militia. You have seen from the Statement of Sen. Kinyua that it is actually the NPRs that led the recovery of these animals and continue to keep certain parts of this country safe. Therefore, I want to continue stamping my voice, like I did when that matter first came to this House in 2018. The Government must continue to keep that service of NPRs 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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