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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Poghisio",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I would like to sound an alarm in this House to the Government about famine in many parts of this country. There is not sufficient food in my constituency. If food is not availed to my people in the next few weeks, we will see people die from starvation. I would like this Government to take this matter very seriously. I would like to appeal to the Government to step up relief food distribution to famine-hit areas of this country to save lives. I am not talking about only Kacheliba or West Pokot, but also many other parts of this country that are affected by famine. I know that this appeal may be falling on ears of people who do not experience famine in their areas. I would like to say that there is famine in many parts of this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that the Government in power needs to realise that it is serving everybody. It is the servant of all the people of this country. I would like to urge the Government not to do things just because it can do them. It should not do things because it has the power to do them. Kenyans are not easily fooled and they are watching us. I know that a good number of young hon. Members on the other side of the House have risen to a level of arrogance. They will use so many facilities to run around this country politicking. This will be similar to what happened during the time of YK92. I would like to say that we should not do things just because we can do them. I am saying this because I have seen hon. Members on the other side of the House doing things with impunity. We have just returned from electioneering and we saw what they did in order to win elections. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I come from a district that shares resources with Trans Nzoia District. Some of our livestock farmers live in Trans Nzoia District. Unless this Government deliberately takes measures to protect the Pokots and their livestock in Trans Nzoia, they will be attacked. They are almost becoming a target. I am sure people from Trans Nzoia will agree with me on this fact. A case in point is where Pokot livestock was rounded up at will. Unless the Government says the Pokots should live in Trans Nzoia, they will be attacked. There are instances where the Government allowed raiders from Uganda to rustle cattle at will and return to Uganda without being traced by Government forces. I know that the idea has been to make it difficult for our people to live in this district. I am saying that history will judge this Government harshly. Trans Nzoia District is the ancestral land of Pokot people. It is their historical habitat and we cannot move them out of it. On the CDF, we are grateful to hon. Members for passing the CDF Act. I also thank the Chair for allowing this House to introduce the CDF. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on security, those of us who live along our borders serve this country well. The fact is that the Pokot live along our border with Uganda without adequate Government security. We should know that the Pokot are the people protecting this country, and we should not harass them. We should empower them to use the community policying system to protect this country until the Government comes up with enough security measures. I went to a place called Nawiapong that is at the furthest corner of my constituency, and found that it had no security. We should establish police posts in areas like Kiwawa and Nakuyen that need security. We should strengthen the Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) unit to protect this country. I pray that this Government gives money for the funding of the KPR, so that it is able to protect this country. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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