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    "id": 186079,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/186079/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mahamud",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
        "slug": "mohammed-mahamud"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are talking about conflict in pastoral areas. This is something that has been there and it is escalating. If the House is accusing part of this Government of not doing anything, we are sitting on a time bomb. We can see a situation where a civil war between these communities will occur. There have been accusations of use of firearms and cattle rustling by different communities. I come from a region where insecurity has reduced by more than 70 per cent because the Government, the local community and the international donor community came together and found a lasting solution to cattle rustling. We wonder why, if this Government, the Ministry of Provincial Administration and Internal Security and the Commissioner of Police can set up a special force to fight the Mungiki, to guard the diplomatic corps, they cannot set up a special force to solve cattle rustling in this area. We are asking the Minister for Internal Security to set up a special unit that will deal with this menace. August 6, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2379 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to approach insecurity both from a local perspective and the border. We are talking of the Somali ecosystem. There was a lot of cattle rustling but now it is over. There is a lot of cattle rustling going on along the Karamajong ecosystem. I want to challenge the leadership that days are gone when the ball used to be thrown to the Government alone. The leadership, the Government and everybody else in this country has the moral authority to solve this problem. We need to open up the infrastructural facilities in this area. This is very crucial. We cannot talk about solving insecurity problem when the area is inaccesible. We must recover the stolen animals. Unless and until we recover stolen animals from one community, then we are not solving the problem of insecurity. We must disarm everybody in this country. We should not have a situation where we arm one community while we disarm the other one. I urge the Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to disarm every community. Every pastoral community should participate in this issue. We must involve the IGAD regional peace initiative. We cannot talk about the war between the Karamajong and the Turkana or the war over the region- -- Finally, we must adopt traditional mechanisms of solving conflicts. The Turkanas, Pokots, Samburus and everybody else must sit together and use the old traditions. I hope and believe that this will be a good day for this House; a day that we are offering good solutions to the Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and the leadership that he must take."
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