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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Godana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonaya Godana",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is really sad to note that 40 years after Independence our people in the north are still engaging in the things that are the subject of this short intervention by the Minister. Insecurity in Marsabit and Moyale districts and along the Kenya/Ethiopia border has gone from bad to worse in the last one dozen years on account of the persistent OLF factor. In the last one year, things have got out of hand. The hon. Member referred to July last year which is a blot on the calendar of this country and on the history of those two districts because that is when we had that massacre of children and women in Turbi. Those widows, widowers and orphans are still crying out for justice. Insecurity in this region demands a special public inquiry to find out the cause of this matter. The Minister promised in the House, and on television at the time of that Turbi massacre that the Government would carry out investigations and would not spare anybody. We do know that a high-powered CID investigative team from Nairobi and Embu went to the place. We were all interrogated. Could I ask the Minister to make public the recommendations of that Committee? Secondly, could he prosecute all those who were found to have been responsible for uttering and inciting that violence including leaders? I thank the Minister for committing himself to ensuring that security is maintained in the area because right now crowds of Kenyans and Ethiopians are gathering at, at least three places with a view to doing something worse than Turbi. We have informed the police and they said that they are aware of this matter. Could the Minister give us that guarantee?"
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