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    "id": 411736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, beg to move that the House do not adjourn. I would like to thank you and the House for allowing this Motion of Adjournment. As I am speaking this minute war is going on in Moyale. People are using machine guns and other forms of artillery to kill poor Kenyans in Moyale. In this conflict, hundreds of innocent lives have been lost and property worth millions lost. Just yesterday, 25 people were killed and so many injured. There are people who are now refugees in the neighboring Ethiopia. As we speak now, there is no movement of people and vehicles between Moyale and Marsabit. The situation is so pathetic. Hardly any business is being conducted in Moyale Town today. The operations along the Turbi-Moyale Road which is worth Kshs13 billion have come to a standstill. This is a road which will open northern Kenya and enable us to access the Ethiopian market of 19 million people. This conflict is spreading very fast to other constituencies, including mine, North Horr and Saku. Very soon it could reach Laisamis, if we do not act. In the Ninth Parliament this House lost all the four MPs in the said county during such a conflict. I am afraid that today this conflict is much worse. Today people are using artilleries and machine guns. They are using weapons that were never there before. They are torching each other’s homes, burning each other’s vehicles and killing each other in the middle of Moyale Town. The national Government has not done enough to contain the security problem in Moyale. They are busy blaming the county government which is helpless because security is in the docket of national Government. The people of Marsabit are Kenyans and they have constitutional rights like any other Kenyan. Their right to life and right to own property is protected by this Constitution and Government. We feel that the Government is not mutual in this matter. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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