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    "id": 286465,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/286465/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Letimalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 68,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
        "slug": "raphael-letimalo"
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    "content": "Having said all the good things that the Government has done, I must equally pinpoint some shortcomings of this Government. In his Speech, His Excellency the President impressed upon Kenyans to embrace national values as enshrined in the Constitution which include national unity, the rule of law, social justice et cetera. But I think the Government must be seen to demonstrate this by upholding the rule of law. The year 2009 is one that cannot disappear in the history of Samburu when the Government carried out a security operation in Samburu East which they did selectively because they wanted to fight cattle rustling. In this operation, the Government deployed military and police helicopters to confisticate cattle from water points. In Samburu during drought, animals move to places where they can get water and it is very scarce. So, you get all the animals in specific water points. So, using helicopters and surrounding these animals and then driving them to one place, load them onto lorries and then transport them to Isiolo and then to Party of National Unity (PNU) areas--- I do not mind saying this and I wish hon. Saitoti was here because this is in his docket. He is the chairman of PNU and that is the bad thing that he did to Samburus. How do you drive animals from one community and you do not give an opportunity to the people to identify the stolen ones from the rest? I think this was very unfair. We still demand that the Government must compensate the community because a committee of Parliament carried out investigations and they established that livestock was taken from innocent people. We are talking about 4,000 head of cattle. They were taken from innocent people and they have tabled a report here. It was adopted by Parliament but the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security has not acted. I am happy because the Attorney-General and the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs are here. They must see to it that justice is done for all Kenyans. This is one issue which we are going to follow up until the last minute. So, the Government should be able to compensate the Samburus for the livestock that has been confiscated and distributed unfairly by the Government."
}