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    "id": 226411,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Michuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Administration and National Security",
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        "legal_name": "John Njoroge Michuki",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second part of hon. M'Mukindia's question was that this House should be told what the Government has done. This is what the Government has done:- (i) Two suspects have been arrested for incitement. (ii) District Security and Intelligence Committees from the larger Meru sub-region have held several barazas to ask wananchi to maintain peace and give the task force a chance to complete its work. (iii) Security has been beefed up in the affected areas through police patrols. (iv) There is an on-going search for more suspects who are believed to have incited the youths to violence. (v) Three assistant chiefs have been interdicted on the grounds of complacency and impartiality in the matter and more may face stern action when investigations are complete. A further meeting to be chaired by the Provincial Commissioner between all hon. Members and DCs from the greater Meru region and the task force will be held on Monday, 16th April, 2007, to review and deliberate on the on going boundary disputes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of the hon. Members and to a section of the media that no thefts have been reported or detected and no firearms have been used during the skirmishes as alleged previously. Also, I would like once again to reiterate at the risk of repeating myself, that hon. Members and other leaders should desist from politicising security matters because this trend will escalate the state of insecurity and create unnecessary tensions amongst the communities. Finally, I would like to stress that it is the commitment of the Government to speedily determine the boundaries of the two districts by involving all parties in order to achieve lasting peace and tranquillity in the region."
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