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    "id": 403353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2469,
        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, in my constituency, armed gangsters dressed in jungle uniform invaded the area residents in Nyanza Village, Kasiluni Location, Ngomeni Ward, Kyushu District, where I was to visit in the course of yesterday, Wednesday 13th November, 2013, according to the programme I had drawn and circulated beforehand. The attacks appear to be targeting me for unknown reasons. The residents have now fled the area due to fears of their own security; leaving their homes and farms unattended during this planting season. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to appeal to the Government to immediately make the necessary intervention in this matter so as to re-establish peace in the area and enable my constituents and myself to live in a safe and secure environment. I seek your indulgence to explain this, if you allow me. For the last one week, I have gone to my constituency and circulated, through the Provincial Administration as well as vernacular radios that I will be in specific places. However, I actually changed my schedule three days ago and decided to come back to Nairobi so that I could participate in another regional matter yesterday. At the time that I was to appear at Kasiluni Location, at 2.00 p.m., people dressed in jungle uniforms arrived at that area, shot people at their farms and disappeared. They could have been very easily mistaken for security officers because when I go to those specific areas, I have to go with Administration Police officers. Hon. Speaker, Sir, at the beginning of this Parliament, I personally wrote to your good office, expressing fears of my own security; both in the constituency and in Nairobi. I just thought that I should make this Statement loud and clear that my life is in danger. It is not only in the constituency, but also elsewhere because of the stance I have taken in relation to the security of my people, their wealth, mainly cattle and land, which is on the verge of being invaded by people with superior weaponry. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I thought I should make this statement as a starting point because I wish to pursue this matter as far as it is humanly possible to safeguard the security of the people of Mwingi North. Thank you."
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