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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very serious matter. A couple of weeks ago, we were in Turkana with hon. Senators and other hon. Members of Parliament. The Members of Parliament in Turkana expressed serious concerns about security. The concerns were so serious that you may wonder what is going on particularly with regard to mobilization of resources. I met the County Commissioner of Turkana who is supposed to be the Chairman of security. He told us he did not even have a car. We met the OCPD, I think in Loima and he told us that he did not have a car. The Government bought a number of vehicles recently and counties where insecurity is not as pronounced as Turkana were given up to 35 vehicles. In areas where security is a challenge, there is no vehicle at all. Forget about even the other fellows. In a whole constituency, he does not even have a vehicle and that is the area where people were being attacked. I think there is a lot that needs to be done on this issue of Turkana. I think in every meeting we went, the main message from the public was about security and nothing else. It is not insecurity from across the border; it is insecurity from within the country. I think the Chairman of this Committee needs to crack the whip on the heads of security in this country with regard to that particular county because definitely, it will have an economic impact in that county. If the people in that county now say that you cannot come to exploit resources at the expense of people dying, then it has a serious impact on the economy of the country. I think it is time the Government took that matter seriously."
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