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    "id": 500087,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " This gazette notice says that they deploy in West Pokot and Turkana. Baringo is not mentioned. Therefore, the military is unconstitutionally deployed in Baringo. In addition to that, we want peace in this country. We want the Turkana, Pokot and all communities to enjoy peace in this country. What we are seeing in the news, the military is committing atrocities in Baringo. They are burning people’s houses. There is a woman weeping uncontrollably on television because she had taken a loan to improve her business, but the military had taken her money. The military is here to protect the territorial integrity of our country against foreign aggression and can only be used internally if there is unrest or instability. Who determines that? It is the National Assembly and not anybody else. Not even the President can determine that there is unrest or instability. He has to come to the House for them to determine and give him authority. The army is in Baringo without authority. The army is doing unlawful things in Baringo. As we condemn the killing of policemen, we equally and in the same breath, condemn the excesses that we are seeing in Baringo. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me finish by saying that the Government is elected and we have a social contract in law. We surrender our authority to the Government to give us protection. We pay taxes for them to give us protection. Has the Government abdicated? There is insecutiy everywhere. If it is not Mombasa, it is Moyale, Bungoma, Lamu, Kapedo, Turkana and Pokot. How do we have a Government that is just busy extinguishing fires when we have given them taxes, the police and everything? They are now running scared and going to send the money to go and do what they ought not to be doing. I support. 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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