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"content": "District Peace Committees and all those people who have been moving around, have done what we could to try and restore peace. I want to single out hon. Dr. Nuh who comes from up there at Bura. He has been a good neighbor. He has been with us through and through. We have gone for several meetings and done a lot of work together. If there was a nobel peace prize around this place, I think I would nominate him because of being a very good neighbor to us in this time of need. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had a problem because the District Security Committee makes resolutions. We sit down to discuss issues and we agree, as leaders, that this must be done. As peace building is continuing, we must have operations by the police, say, to mop up illegal guns in the area. There is no support from Nairobi. What do we do? We brought the provincial security team which listened to the resolution from the district which we adopted. However, for the police to move and do their work, they need support. They need funding, provisions, vehicles and all manner of things. Nairobi has not been as responsive as it ought to be. When Nairobi responded finally, they sent police officers to Tana Delta. We appreciate the response that came because several officers came to the Tana Delta to try and contain the situation. However, to our surprise, this situation, in fact, escalated even with the presence of the police in the area. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fact that the last two attacks were witnessed at 9.00 a.m.; people were moving and attacking in the presence of the police; the police were overwhelmed and they took off--- The police were in Kilelengwani where an Orma Village was attacked in the last attack. In fact, they were overpowered and they took off. A lorry belonging to the police and a Land Rover belonging to the General Service Unit (GSU) were burnt down. The police took off as these attackers were coming and many people were killed. After that, the attackers took off. We tried our best, and remember this was happening one day after we, the leaders, had sat in the Delta, discussed peace efforts and agreed on the way forward. This attack happened the following morning. We were then informed and assured that helicopters would come from Nairobi with police and things would change. The helicopters came but nothing happened. It appeared like there was reluctance, fear or whatever it was on the part of the police to try and pursue the attackers into the forest. Then a question arose. Were the police able to engage with the attackers? As we were dealing with this issue, two days later, a Pokomo Village was attacked in Semikaro and again, people died. The police were there and they were looking. They tried to do what they could but nothing, again, happened. Even when the President gave an order for a curfew, we woke up yesterday to news, again, that three villages had been burnt down. This, mind you, was after we had heavy deployment of Administration Police, regular police and even the GSU. This also happened when we had a curfew that had been ordered by His Excellency the President. We had an attack during day time and people watched on televisions as locals were being asked what was happening. I remember very sadly yesterday night, watching a local being asked what he had seen. He said that the bullets were being fired from the other side but the police were not going there. Instead, they were running towards their side. One of the police officers even said: “I have just graduated and I do not want to die.”"
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