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    "speaker_name": "Mr. James Maina Kamau",
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        "legal_name": "James Maina Kamau",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance. First, I take this opportunity to send my condolences on my own behalf and also on behalf of Kandara to the people of the Tana Delta for the loss of lives that is continuing to happen in that area. As you have heard, this is a very emotional issue and I am personally very annoyed that this should continue to happen in our Republic. Remember in 2007/2008, Kenyans lost their lives and I am sure if the Government was doing its work rightly, people could not have lost their lives at that time. So, I do not know why the Government should continue dilly dallying on this issue when people are losing their lives in the Tana Delta. We are told that over 100 people have lost their lives and I am wondering what number of lives the Government wants to be lost so that they can wake up. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we know that we have a trained armed force in the name of the General Service Unit (GSU). This is rightly the job of the GSU. We are wondering why the Government is not deploying them in that area. This is basically the work of the General Service Unit (GSU) of this Republic, and we are wondering why the Government is not sending them there. We should be able to find out why the police are not doing their job when they are sent to the ground. I would urge the Government to send in troops like yesterday, so that they quell the mayhem in Tana Delta. So, it is time that the Government sent its troops to deal with this mayhem in the Tana Delta. We know that the Kenya Defence Forces have mobility and are properly trained. They have all the ammunition that they require to quell the mayhem in the Tana Delta. I am also not happy that the Government has done nothing when people continue losing their lives. When such things happen, it is the children, the women and the vulnerable who suffer most. For that reason, I would urge the Government to send the armed forces there to make sure that those people are stopped once for all. We also know that there is the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS). We have been passing budgets here giving them huge amounts of money. What reports do they give? They should give a report saying who is causing these problems. If they are militias then they should be confronted and removed."
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