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    "id": 253247,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kamama",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want to thank Mr. Lesrima for moving this very important Motion so that we discuss the demerits of cattle rustling, general insecurity and the way forward. I would like to pay tribute to our gallant colleagues who perished in Marsabit District while pursuing peace, which has proved to be elusive. I remember the late Aden said in many fora that we cannot have peace without first having development. So, the formula is development, then peace will be forthcoming. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to give this House the real situation with regard to this matter, with reference to my constituency. In the last one year, 14 people were slashed by some morans. They were cut with pangas . There is somebody's hand in one of the mortuaries in Mararal District. Four of these people are actually in the mortuary, they have not been buried to date. We have suffered over eight raids. We have lost over 1,000 cattle and 1,500 goats. As recently as yesterday, one senior chief was arrested and taken to a different district by some security officers. I am told he was an army officer. This fuels tension. We want such situations where, for example, if a chief has a problem, he should be taken to his own district, like in this case Baringo District, so that he or she can face justice if he or she has been promoting cattle rustling. I condemn the issue of insecurity in the North Eastern Province where I used to serve as an officer of the previous Government. While on duty then, I was attacked nine times. At one time I was actually injured and flown to Forces Memorial Hospital. I suffered serving the Government and I have not even been compensated. So, you can imagine the magnitude of the problem if somebody like me has actually suffered due to cattle rustling."
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