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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kosgey",
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        "legal_name": "Henry Kiprono Kosgey",
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    "content": "I do not need to elaborate! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Ng'atikong Primary School was built in 1955. This school has 450 children. On Friday only half of them were present in school. This shows that the policy of free primary education, which the Government is pursuing, is being frustrated by certain officers. Worse still, when I met the Minister in charge of internal security he was not aware that this was happening. I wonder who these invisible Government officers who carry out operations at the top are, when the Minister does not know. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, without a secure environment, there can never be development. In the last two years, there have seen 38 incidents of robbery with violence in the small town of Kapsabet. An average of 38 incidents for a town of that size is scaring to everybody and yet, the police are doing nothing. In fact, on four occasions, the businessmen themselves arrested the robbers and took them to the police station! They were told the following day that the robbers had escaped! They cannot arrest and detain. They let that person escape. Where is justice? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the last incident, a business lady, whose husband happens to be a police officer in Bungoma, was attacked! The husband was informed that his wife had been attacked. He was able to move with some of his men from Bungoma and arrived at Kapsabet, when the local police had not taken any action! Can you imagine that? Law and order has completely broken down in this country. The police are sleeping on their jobs! Others are colluding with the criminals. In fact, the latter is much more prevalent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are talking about dialogue and reconciliation. We agree to talk to one another. But there must be an environment for that dialogue. There can never be dialogue when hooded policemen are raiding the offices of the Standard. There can never be dialogue when forest wardens are burning peoples' houses. There can never be dialogue when an eminent person--- I do not know what is \"eminent\"! We are all eminent! They are appointed to a committee without consultations. First of all, you should create an environment for dialogue. There can never be dialogue when hon. Members from this side are poached or lured to take positions on the other side. Those fellows are sitting there without consultations from this side."
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