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"content": "these kind of raids from across borders, including Ethiopia, Southern Sudan, Uganda and Somalia, and yet whenever such matters are raised, our Government says; âwe will make sure that no stone will be left unturned or we will make sure that this matter will be arrested soon,â but nothing happens. We cannot be talking about our people being killed and livestock and property being taken by other people for 48 years and yet we are not able to do our part. If such an incident happened in some countries, they would have even gone to war with those countries. You can imagine 40 people being killed in one or two days. The Ministers in the Government who are in charge of this matter should have gone to the site, summoned the Ambassador of that country and even sent a delegation to that country so that this matter is resolved once and for all. If this can happen now when we boast of having the best Constitution in Africa, when will we be able to get out of it? Turkana are Kenyans just like we are all Kenyans. They have every right to be protected and catered for. They are suffering across the border because of poverty, marginalization and injustices in the past. I think it is upon this Government to take responsibility and compensate the people who have lost their lives, because they have their relatives. The mothers and fathers who have died have children or parents and these people should be supported by this Government. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot be seated here and looking at this matter as another incident in Turkana area. I am sure that if such an incident had happened in some other parts of this country, even flags would have been flying half- mast or maybe, this House would have been adjourned for a whole day and a one-day holiday declared. But because it is happening in Turkana, nobody even seems to care. I think this is very serious. Why am I, very much concerned? It is because a similar thing happened in Mandera just a month or two ago. Three people were killed in Kenya by militia coming from Ethiopia and when we raised the matter, nothing happened because our Government was busy denying that there was no militia from either Ethiopia or Somalia. This is the case and yet, we had people who had been killed. A mother, a child and an old man were killed in their houses because of mortars being fired from Somali and Ethiopia. I think this Government must take the lives of Kenyans very seriously and take responsibility for the loss of lives. We knew about Migingo Island and now we are being told that Ugingo is also gone. So, Mr. Mbadi, who is in the Chair right now, is in danger because he might lose his constituency. This is very serious. How can such a thing happen in a sovereign country? Those who do this are not even superpowers. They are just our neighbours, friends and members of East Africa. How can we allow this kind of thing? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the security personnel is deployed selectively. This is because in areas where security is not of serious nature, you will find several Officers Commanding Police Divisions (OCPDs), Officers Commanding Stations (OCSs), police stations and vehicles here and there. However, Turkana County, which is close to a half of this country, may only have three vehicles, one or two OCPDs or three or four OCSs. Why, is this so and yet this is where the lives of Kenyans matter? This is a border place---"
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