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    "id": 215863,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Poghisio",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister 2260 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 4, 2007 of State for Defence. In the last few days, the people of Pokot North and West Pokot districts have experienced attacks from the Uganda Peoples' Defence Force (UPDF), purportedly pursuing pastoralists who are crossing with their livestock in an area called Arale Division, particularly in a place called Nasal, and also in areas around Kanyarkwat and Katikomor in West Pokot District. Several Kenyans have been killed by the UPDF. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a good number of those people have been killed by mortars thrown from across the border and helicopter gunships. That is not the first time that this has happened. It has happened before and I have even brought that matter to the Floor of the House. I want to seek the following clarifications from the Minister:- (i) What immediate remedial action has the Minister taken since he got news of that attack? (ii) Why is that becoming a perennial problem? Year in, year out, the Pokots are being attacked by an army from another country. (iii) What action will the Minister take to recover the livestock that has been taken into another country? (iv) What compensation can the people expect in terms of loss of lives and livestock? (v) What security guarantee will the Minister give, so that an army from a neighbouring country does not attack our people inside our own country?"
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