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    "content": "At midnight, they decided to disable communication and moved from Kapedo to Chemulingot, Nginyang’ and Ndangumbei, surrounded them and did the unthinkable. They went house to house where civil servants, teachers, businessmen and all other civilized Kenyans doing business live. They beat everybody they found, took people’s money, broke into shops and so on. It became a looting spree almost equivalent to what we saw during the post-election violence and anybody who asked them a question was beaten. One classic example is of the road that was approved and given by the last Government. The former President Kibaki authorized that road be done from Baringo- Loruk-Chemulingot-Marakwet-Pokot-Lodwar. They have covered almost 50 kilometres and all the workers stay in the town. These are the people who were beaten. They are not Pokots, but other Kenyans who had the privilege to go to school earlier than us. They come from Kikuyuland, Nyanza and all over the country. There are 258 primary school teachers. Noting that this is the sub-county with the least number of schools in the country and that is why we have excess bandits, almost 80 per cent of those teachers are non-Pokots. They were beaten. I can tell you that they have left and no learning is ongoing in any school. Remember the schools are not supposed to have been closed by now. The only three secondary schools that existed have now been closed. I am wondering who gave these precise instructions that they had to stop looking for the bandits and go for the only civilized people they are supposed to be engaging with in order to bring and spread the gospel of education and peace. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the road that was under construction has been closed because the workers have gone. The teachers have left. Some of them have vowed never to go back. I have a feeling that whoever sent the KDF will assist them to transfer fully to where they came from. That means that we are taking this sub-county back to the colonial days when Kenya was looking dark in terms of education. A theory and a theorem was created that maybe some few elites were behind this. How can an elite person communicate and co-operate with a bandit? The army then decided to say that they have found suspects. Those are some of the people flushed from lodgings and homes. They even went for the top businessman who has the only two matatus . They have now taken him as the ring leader and charged him in court claiming that he is a bandit. We should note that in Pokot few people have gone to school. We should not be surprised if we get a mature person between 18 to 30 years in primary school. Some boys had just finished Standard Eight and were still preparing to go home, but were collected as exhibits and taken to Kabarnet as bandits. What you have been reading that 25 bandits have been found are people who are speaking English and Kiswahili languages, but the real bandits are roaming freely in the hills and valleys. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our own officers, due to frustration of not getting whom they are looking for, are shooting people on sight. Yesterday, they shot camels and goats. Right now, they also shot cows belonging to a former Member of Parliament. When they see people standing, they throw a bomb. I am asking whether this was an organized plan. Was the Government working in cahoots with these bandits? They were looking for an excuse that the bandits strike and then they go with the might of a force that is shocking The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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