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    "id": 356519,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Akujah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Protus Ewesit Akujah",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the security situation in this country and more so in northern Kenya and Turkana leaves a lot to be desired. I want to support what my colleague from Turkana North has said. Turkana County borders Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan. All the tribes that border Turkana County are very hostile to the Turkana. What is worrying most of us is that the Government of Kenya, even after 50 years of Independence, has continued to concentrate security forces in the cities like Nairobi, Nanyuki, Gilgil, and Nakuru. This was actually a colonial strategy to take care of the colonialists. The Government of Kenya is still doing the same 50 years down the line. The borders I mentioned earlier are porous. These are people who are very hostile. Why can the Kenya Government no post security forces along these porous borders instead of concentrating them in Nairobi and Nakuru? What is so special about these particular cities? In 2009 and 2010 there was disarmament in Turkana County. In Loima Constituency, we returned 204 guns which the Government promised to replace with Government guns that were to be given to KPR, who were then to take care of people and their property. Since then not even one gun has been given out to the people of Turkana. We are wondering whether the Government is really taking care of its people or it has its own agenda. I fault this Government because northern Kenya and Turkana have been marginalized and no priority has been given to these areas. As hon. Shebesh said, this matter was talked about in the last Parliament repeatedly. It seems like it is impossible to post security forces to these areas. We are urging the Government to do something. During the Presidential Address, nothing was mentioned about the security issue in Turkana. All they said is that they were going to deal with cattle rustlers. I do not know how they will deal with this because this is something that has been going on for 50 years now and nobody has ever done anything. I support the Motion."
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