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    "id": 532777,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Leshore",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 349,
        "legal_name": "Sammy Prisa Leshore",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must try and unite all Kenyans from Mandera to Homa Bay and Lamu to Turkana. As Senators, let us not preach disunity, ethnicity and nepotism. I have seen in many county governments that nepotism and ethnicity are flourishing. It is a big shame to all of us. We must stand as the “Upper House” to condemn ethnicity, nepotism and many other issues which are affecting our nation. Our President spoke very well about security. I am only shocked that he did not mention about cattle rustling which has taken more lives than Al-Shabaab, from Baringo to Turkana, West Pokot and Samburu. We have lost many young officers and property worth millions of shillings and yet the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations who is talking to you there and his Cabinet Secretary (CS) have not come up with a strategy to find a lasting solution to cattle rustling. I am pleading with the national Government to take cattle rustling as a national threat. We have lost many young people, policemen and civilians. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last weekend, I was with the new Inspector-General, let us give him support. Although his physique is “too small”, with necessary support, he will do well. Sen. Wetangula alleged that he hails from same village with the former IG. I know him because I worked with him. He is very sharp and shrewd. Given support, he can bring the cattle rustling menace to an end. We want cattle rustling to end. Right now, it should be declared a national threat. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have been continuously talking about Al Shabab. We have given the National Intelligence Service (NIS) billions of shillings. They should be able to recruit many officers from each and every village in the north eastern part of Kenya. They can also recruit from each and every village in the lower and upper Juba, Mogadishu and in all other places to get the right information on the Al Shabaab. 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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