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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move: THAT, following the unrest and instability in the Tana Delta for the past few weeks, this House approves the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to the Tana Delta and its environs to restore peace and order in keeping with the provisions of Article 241(3)(c) of the Constitution. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank you and all the Members of the House for the way they have shown support during this time we have gone through problems in the Tana Delta. The unrest and instability in the Tana Delta has become common knowledge and a matter of concern to every hon. Member in this House. The history of the recent instability in this area was provoked because for several months, there have been problems between one community and another. The administration and Government presence has not been felt in that area. About eight months ago, there was an incident where a person from a certain community had his hand cut and his head chopped off. This happened in Kilelengwani, which is in Kipini Division in Tana Delta District. A few days later, because there was no police action, so nobody was arrested and no investigations were carried out on time; there was an assumption by the other community that that person must have been killed by the other community. Therefore, there was a retaliatory attack which took the same fashion as the first attack – the hand and head of the victim were chopped off. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, after that retaliation, again, there was no action from Government. Nothing happened. Reports were sent to the chief, but nothing happened. The police had information, but nothing happened. The CID too had information, but nothing happened. The assumption then by the other community was that it must have been a member of the other community who did this act. Because of this kind of attitude of lack of taking action which I call impunity on the part of the Government agencies there, this same thing spread to the communities there. Animals have been left to graze on somebody’s shamba and no action is taken. The assumption then is that this is a deliberate provocation. You find that somebody decides that he will kill those animals and, again, no action is taken. Therefore, slowly and over a period of time, the administration does not take action. The police do not take action also and from an incident caused by one person, it grows into a big thing – two cows, so many crops, several cows and so on. The situation has escalated to the point where now the whole nation woke up to realize that, indeed, there is a problem in the Tana Delta. Peace efforts have been in place since this problem started simmering. We, the local leaders, have been very involved. I want to single out the District Commissioner who was very new, Mr. David Kiprop, for the work he has done together with the District Security Committee. These people have not been sleeping. They have done what they could possibly and humanly do. I want to commend the efforts of our Provincial Commissioner, Mr. Kilele, and the whole provincial security team. They have done what they could possibly do within their human capacities. We, the local leaders, including the"
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