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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to commend on the statements by Sen. Omtatah and Sen. Mungatana. The Inspector General of Police needs to honour his word because he was in Narok and he promised that he was going to take action and up to now, the House or even the country has not been updated on what action has been taken, including on the police officers who used live bullets to kill the people. It is also important for the local administration, especially the DCI, the chiefs and the elders to nip these issues in the bud before they come out, because it is unfortunate that lives were lost. Regarding the statement on Tana River and Garissa, when development goes to particular areas, there will be benefits that will accrue to the community. What is very important is just that before they do anything, they need to involve the leaders and the public. The Constitution is very clear that before you undertake any development in an area, you need to do public participation and also compensate the affected land owners. For a National Intelligence Service campus, I do not think they need more than 50 acres. So they need to talk to their people, do public participation and they will be accepted in the area. Otherwise, we do not want to cause another conflict in that region. Somebody was asking, how many times will you forgive somebody, or you say sorry, say 70 times 70 or even more times. Sen. Cherarkey has formed a habit whereby every time he gets an opportunity, he has to attack the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration and Hon. Sang’, the Governor of Nandi County. So, it seems that it has become his business that when he gets any opportunity, he has to attack those two leaders. He has just----"
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