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    "content": "Kibish District. I personally visited the area and participated in burying those who were killed. Later on 2nd June, 2013, just immediately after Madaraka Day celebrations, two people were shot and got seriously injured when they had taken their livestock to drink water in Nakua River. The two are now in Lodwar District Hospital. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, all these events are happening within the Ilemi Triangle which is contested by the governments of South Sudan and Kenya. This case is in the African Court, the African Union (AU) and in the International Criminal Court (ICC). This area has a strategic interest for both countries; Sudan and Kenya. Kenya has been co-hosting it. These strategic issues arise because of oil and geothermal. I, therefore, urge the Government to investigate the intention of these serial killings. It could be to scare off the occupants of that area to create an avenue where they can validate their case in AU and ICC. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, going by this trend, we may not have Turkanas in the next 50 years because from my observation, it could be a conspiracy between nature and the Government of Kenya to make sure that these people are not there. Since this incident occurred, there has not been any response from the Government securities, neither have we heard a message of condolence from the leadership of this country. Yet these people are bound by the same Constitution which the President and the Deputy President swore allegiance to. The worse scenario, the same areas where these incidents are happening is where in the year 2010 over 50 people were killed and the then Prime Minister visited the area. The Government had promised to beef up security in the area and up to now nothing has happened. The most perturbing and the most disturbing issue is the situation where the General Service Unit (GSU) and the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) camps are just 15 kilometres from the scene of killing. When the incident occurred, there was no response from these security camps. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a Member of Parliament for that area, I wish to urge the Government to empower the local people so that they can defend themselves and this country. Without these people being at the borders, we are bound to lose a lot of land to our neighbours because Kenya has no clear policy on its borders. If you ask the person who conducts survey on the exact boundary between Kenya and Ethiopia, he may hardly tell you the correct position and these are the people who defend this country from external aggression. With those remarks, I beg to move and wish to request hon. Shidiye to second."
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