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    "id": 499424,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kipchoim",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Grace Jelagat Kipchoim",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate this time that I have been given. I am one of the Members who have been affected since I was elected. Every time I go to my constituency, the messages that I read are that such and such number of animals have been stolen or have gone to the other end. It has been painful to me every time. I know that the country is watching and we want to refrain from inflaming the country. One thing that I want to say, as a Member from Baringo South, is that the act was done in Baringo. I want to take this opportunity to apologise to Kenyans and give out messages of condolences to the families and friends of the heroes who were slain in Kapedo. As I speak, so many people are in pain. We do not want to hear Members of Parliament saying that people are waiting to hear solutions from them. People have been complaining to the Press; moving from one radio station to the other saying that their community has been hurt or their houses have been burnt. I have heard of one Member of Parliament who had called a mkutano to say that 13,000 of his constituents are living in the dark. They have never slept for the last 10 years. That is equivalent to 2,711 families. They are living around the country. Some have moved to Laikipia and others areas. They are yearning to have peace in that constituency. The KDF should continue. They should be supported. They should be reinforced to be able to go round all the counties. We should reinforce the KDF and support the Government as it does so. When we say that they are brutalizing our people, we must know that even the bandits are killing the soldiers. We may be losing some soldiers now, but they are not able to tell us that they are losing their officers. We do not know what is happening with them. We want to support the Government. We want to tell the Government to continue as it has the support of the Kenyans. Today we heard the Chairman of the NSIS---"
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