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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we speak right now, there has not been any single GSU deployment six days later. This shows you that someone is either clueless, not interested or there is sabotage. I really think that we cannot continuously be discussing the issues of security in the northern part of Kenya as if it is a normal thing. No person wants violence meted upon themselves, and especially so when they have voted in a Government and they have sovereignty. It is deplorable that Wajir County, which has the largest coastline and the border with Somalia, has less than 50 police officers. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when my Coalition Party, CORD wants to have national dialogue with the Jubilee Government, it is not to share nusu mkate; it is to show them what ought to be done rightly and how the Government needs to be run rightly. I think in terms of security, this Government has its priorities wrong. That is because you cannot be having hundreds of cars in the Central Business District (CBD) while someone who is in charge of a whole county of Wajir has one car. The amount of fuel they are given is Kshs200,000 per quarter. That sort of fuel in terms of logistics is nothing. You can imagine the person in charge of police in the county being given a smart card for Total Petrol Station to fuel his vehicles yet the nearest Total Petrol Station in northern Kenya is in Meru. If you are given Kshs200,000 to go and fuel in Meru, by the time you get back to northern Kenya, the fuel is finished. Therefore, even the Government has got all its priorities wrong. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the third thing we need to request is for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to work properly in terms of boundary demarcations. Part of the conflict which might not be imminent is the boundary conflict between Mandera County and Wajir County. Whereas that might not be the kind of reason or problem, it is part of what triggers that particular conflict. I really think that it is proper and important that IEBC be compelled to do whatever it takes to harmonize various boundaries. It is not only in Wajir County or Mandera County, they have watched problems again in parts of Kisii, Nyamira and Garissa counties. Some of those things, if not taken into consideration, will be propelling the country into levels of violence that are really uncalled for. 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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