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    "id": 434271,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "issues that have not been clarified can be addressed in that meeting. We will do that because of the gravity of the matter in Marsabit. Hon. Deputy Speaker, of course, the Government has taken this matter very seriously. I want to thank the President and the Deputy President for personally being involved in this matter. I know that they have had several meetings in State House and also in the Office of the Deputy President in order to address the matter. So, the Government has taken this matter very seriously. I also want to thank hon. Members from that area, including hon. Duba, hon. Dido Rasso, hon. Chachu and hon. Lekuton for getting involved to ensure that there is lasting peace in this area. If you go to Marsabit at the moment, you will realize that it looks like a ghost town because of the fighting that took place there. I urge the hon. Members to continue with the same spirit, so that the people of Marsabit can engage in development issues instead of killing each other. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to respond to the issue that the Kaparo and Haji Commission was not gazetted. The President, because of the urgency of the matter, deployed them to Marsabit to address this matter. The issue of gazettment will be clarified by the Committee; it will say whether or not it is necessary. However, because of the urgency of the matter, as I have said, the two eminent Kenyans were deployed to that area to mediate and come up with a solution that will end the conflict. With regard to the issue of delivery of peace and resettlement, I think that is being done. The Government will address the matter of the funds that were disbursed. I certainly cannot confirm that the amount of money is enough. It may not be enough because a lot of destruction took place. However, this will be looked into by my Committee and the Cabinet Secretary. On the issue of the Committee visiting that area, we have very tight budgets. The money that we had for this quarter, as a Committee, was actually used in our visit to Nyakach and other parts of Nyanza Province. As we speak now, we have only about Kshs300,000. We will use the Kshs300,000 to cover parts of Kericho. When we get the next disbursement, I want to promise that we will go to Marsabit to confirm what is happening and then report to the House. With regard to the issue of declaring a national disaster, I think that this is an issue that the President cannot---"
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