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    "id": 499442,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have said that it is very clear, both in the spirit and the letter of the Constitution, under Article 241(3) (b). What is happening in Kapendo is an emergency. I want to confirm to the nation that the Government will bring a report to the National Assembly as per this Article of the Constitution. That is exactly what the Government did when terrorists invaded the West Gate Shopping Mall. This House received a report from the Government. So, it is intelligence led. A time has come for us to abandon the practice of stock theft and do business, as pastoralists, at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Kenya has taken strides, under the new Constitution. The days when we butchered ourselves are gone. Communities have been killing each other. When they finished their own people, they started killing our security personnel. A time will come when every leader in this country – be it a Member of a county assembly or governor or Senator – will be accountable. A time will come, forgetting the general elections coming in 2017; when leaders will tell their communities that they are wrong. A time will come when you will tell the Government that it is wrong. I want to appeal to the leadership of those regions that we should not play to the gallery or to our voters. Let us face the reality. When there are conflicts in Turkana, Samburu, Pokot and Marsabit, the greatest losers are our people. Our children do not go to school. The money that we receive as county resources will not be effectively appropriated. Turkana County received the highest figure of Kshs9 billion in the last disbursement. Pokot County received close to Kshs5 billion. Those funds cannot be used for development because we are busy doing other things. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it was very shameful for leaders to stand up and tell the Commander-In-Chief of Kenya Defence Forces: “Mr. President, we thought that we were killing the Kenya Police Reservists (KPR).” Shame on them! The persons serving as KPR are Kenyans."
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