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    "id": 253277,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. H.M. Mohamed",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Hussein Maalim Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to support this Motion. I am here to support the improvement of the security situation in our country, especially in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). We all know that 80 per cent of our country falls under the ASAL region. Many lives and properties have been lost due to insecurity in those regions. Since Independence, very little has been done to correct the situation. Those of us who come from those regions know the cause of the problem. It is, unfortunate, that nobody takes what we say seriously. The problem with the region is not something I can comprehend. I do not have the words to describe it. Our region looks the same way God created it. The roads we have are the same ones which were constructed by the Colonial Government. The colonialists asked young men to construct roads and donate camels to them so that they could travel to where they wanted to go. Those are the roads still in use. Our Government just numbered them. For instance, we have C31 and C8 among others. Nothing more has been done. There are no bridges built on the roads. All our Government did was to number the roads. If we want to improve the security situation, first, the Government must improve the infrastructure. There must be roads from Nairobi to Marsabit, Samburu, Laikipia, Pokot and to all other remote areas. If we did that, our security officers would be able to move fast and recover stolen animals. Secondly, the Government should also provide water to people in those regions. We are not asking for piped water like some of you would require. We want water that we can share with our elephants, camels and cows. We would like to have water that we can share with our animals. Therefore, construction of dams would do. My people are suffering because of lack of resources. Once we have such facilities, our people would stop fighting. Whenever water is found anywhere in the region, people tend to fight over it. We should invest in provision of water. Thirdly, we need to invest in security. We need to protect our international borders. We need to employ young men and women to guard the borders of this country. It is, unfortunate, that during the recruitment of police officers, we only have three people picked from Garissa, four from Narok and five from Baringo. I do not know how many people are recruited from other places. The best thing we can do to take care of insecurity is to employ more security personnel, especially people from the affected areas, and post them to work along the borders. Those people would be in a better position to follow up stolen livestock and recover it. We should provide them with radios, vehicles and all other telecommunication gadgets they require so that stolen animals can be recovered easily."
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