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    "content": "we can link the other neighbouring villages through mobile phones. With a good road network, we can secure or intercept the cattle rustlers. Madam Temporary Speaker, Turkana is an area which has a potential of oil exploration. This afternoon we have just been told that another well has been struck in Turkana. We hope that very soon, we will get to ten wells in Turkana. The discovery of oil in Turkana is something that we want to protect, but the capacity that we have in terms of officers is not enough. As we provide officers to secure the wells, the local person is left without security. Therefore, we need to provide more security officers to protect these villages, or support this Motion, so that we can have better roads that will enable the few policemen that we have in the region to quickly get into any area which is affected. This is because much of the capacity has now been transferred to protect the oil exploration in the region. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion and hope that the Members will pass it. By passing this Motion, our country will develop and get some confidence in northern Kenya, which has actually been feared for so many years. Investors have refused to come to our areas because of insecurity. Likewise, tourism has gone down. You cannot travel from Kitale to Lodwar for fear of being killed on the road. Therefore, opening of lodges is becoming an unprofitable venture because people fear to be killed in hotels. We want to ensure that we curb insecurity in our areas, and I think that this Motion is going to be a breakthrough and develop areas in northern Kenya. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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