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    "id": 175521,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Kilimo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 173,
        "legal_name": "Linah Jebii Kilimo",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometime ago, during the Ninth Parliament, the Government said that it would provide water by way of drilling dams, water pans and boreholes in that region. The Government did not complete any project. They only wanted people to surrender guns and give development a chance. They also wanted to build schools. What happened to all that? I believe that the Government has no intention or does not consider people from the cattle rustling prone areas as Kenyans. Why are they considered as second class citizens, if at all they are considered to be citizens? If you look at today's Daily Nation newspaper, you will see a picture of a Turkana woman who prefers to be naked as long as she can afford to purchase two guns. Why is this? This is all because of insecurity. The Government has failed. These are some of the recommendations which I hope that this Committee will put in place. Hopefully, I hope the Government will be serious and address this problem, once and for all. How much would it take a Government to provide water? Some causes of cattle rustling is because of lack of water and grazing pastures. How much would it take the Government to irrigate a small area for us to get hay for our animals? I hope that the recommendations that this Committee will bring will put to an end the suffering of our people. In this region, there are more widows and orphans than any other part of December 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4007 this country. These problems are man-made. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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