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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Biwott",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Kiprono Kipyator Biwott",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, these people also need good communication facilities such as mobile phones. It is important that the areas that pastoralists live have proper roads. When there are good roads in those areas, these people can be assisted security- wise and settlements will automatically develop along the roads. As they get educated, they will move away from their way of life to a new one. Electricity is also very vital for the development of this area. They also need industries that can create employment. Other than the culture which these people have been used to for centuries, there is also the problem of cross-border conflicts. This problem is aggravated by international boundaries where there are two or three governments involved. This requires co-operation and constant negotiations. In cases of conflict, pastoralists need to be talked to because they are people who reason out. They need to be approached through the elder consultative mechanism where they get them to reach important agreements. In most cases, these people usually come up with very binding verbal agreements. If those traditional methods of binding them to keep peace are maintained, they will assist in the process of ensuring there is stability in the region. They also need constant support. On the question of perennial drought, poverty and lack of food, I think those are issues that can be addressed if rural access is done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to emphasise what the Minister for Youth Affairs talked about when he visited Marsabit District. He said that we need cross-trunk roads, for example, from Isiolo District to Moyale District; from Laisamis-Lodwar District to Southern Sudan. We also need a road between Kapenguria District, crossing all the way to Kacheliba Constituency. If necessary, these roads should be tarmacked so that these people are assisted. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, the thrust of this Motion is that these people need to be singled out, their region developed and issues that cause perennial instability in the area addressed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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