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    "content": "but there is none because I come from the ground and the County Commissioners can attest to this. Thirdly, there is a Statement down here which I will quote the last statement on page one. He said:- “Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that the Government has no provision for compensation of victims of cattle rustling”. This is surprising because the Government is seemingly saying that when there is an attack, people are displaced and harmed by cattle rustlers, it does not touch anybody’s heart in Kenya. He needs to clarify this because it is not true. Just like we compensate an individual when a snake bites somebody, why does the Government not feel a pinch when its people are killed? Fourth, he needs to clarify that food should be taken to that area because he said that according to the request I made, the Government is planning to assist the affected families with relief food. When will that take place? Now it is going to two months since this raid took place. You cannot imagine people staying without food and they normally depended on milk from their cows. There are no crops grown in the hills where they stay. Could the Chairperson clarify when this food will be taken to that place? The fifth clarification is with regard to what he said on the second page; that the Government has deployed security personnel along the border. He has quoted those places very well. The security personnel at Turkwel are taking care of the generating plant and the workers and so we cannot say that they are at the border. All the other places are in Turkana County. Loya, Lorogon and Lokomor are all in Turkana County. I want him to tell us when the Government will dispatch the GSU and other security personnel to the manyattas where the people of the West Pokot County are. This is just a very old story because these places are on the other side. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also surprised with the statement where the Chairperson says that there have been peace committees by elders and stakeholders in order to resolve this problem. He has stated that the latest meeting was one where hon. Moroto of Kapenguria Constituency attended. The true fact is that hon. Moroto went there alone and nobody came from the Turkana community. So we cannot say that there was a peace meeting that took place. In the last statement, he says that the Ministry has up-scaled and intensified intelligence information gathering. I do not know whether he is aware that is no network connectivity in the areas where these incidences have been taking place. This is the stretch between Kainuk all the way to Loya in Turkana. So, how can they collect information and from who because there is no road network? Lastly, my attention has been caught with regard to the supplementary information he has given where he said that this incident took place as a counter-raid where some cattle rustlers went to steal 2,000 goats in August and so the 900 was retaliation. To quote him he said: “This particular raid against the Apuke residents, therefore, seems to be retaliatory”. Is the Government owning up to the fact that it is okay for civilians to raid each other? This is a shocking statement and it should not even be entertained at all. Why did they not follow the 2,000 goats at that time and apply the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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