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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chachu",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek for a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security with regard to great insecurity in my local constituency in Marsabit County. On October 25th this year, a father and his two sons were murdered in cold blood. On December 4th 2011 five herders were killed and nothing was taken away from them. Last night, three people were killed and two were wounded. In his Statement, the Minister should clarify whether the attacks were pre- planned, who the perpetrators of the crime were, and also explain why some of the villages relocated from the scene of the crime hours before the attack. Secondly, the Minister should confirm whether the attacks targeted one community and, if so, whether this is a case of ethnic cleansing. Finally, the Minister should outline the action being taken by the Government in apprehending the culprits and ensuring the Gabra and Borana communities in Moyale and the rest of the county co-exist in peace to avoid a recurrence of a similar massacre like the Turbi Massacre, which was experienced in 2005 between the two communities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just yesterday, with the Provincial Security Committee in Eastern Province, we were in Moyale. After we left, just last night, three more people were killed and two injured. That brings the number killed so far in the last two weeks to 11 people. Those are pastoralists. They have too much pasture and water and they are not fighting over water and pasture today. Not a single camel was taken. Not a single penny was taken. They just killed in cold blood! In one case, they killed a father and his two sons and left. We are greatly concerned. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know the area very well. The place where that is happening is only a stone-throw away from Turbi, a scene of the 2005 massacre. As residents of that county, we are really concerned. We want this Government to issue a clear Statement and tell us what is happening in that county and, if possible, even this afternoon."
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