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    "id": 566774,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I first thank the Vice- Chairperson who has diligently followed up this matter. I thank her for this Statement which is comprehensive, though lacking some facts. As you have noticed, this is a very serious matter. Every paragraph in the Statement contains killings of Kamba tribesmen by Somali tribesmen and the cases are pending investigations. There has been no conclusive action by the Government on this matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not a new issue. During the Ninth and Tenth Parliament when I was the Member for Mwingi South Constituency, I raised these issues where people come from the north eastern region and cross Tana County, to Kitui County and kill people for no apparent reason when they find them working in their farms. The Government has allowed this to continue for a long time and has given incentive to these people to continue killing, because no action is taken. They do it with impunity. Having said that, the police reservists are normally used to protect people especially where the Government has been unable to do so. The Statement says that 36 rangers are undergoing training. This is misleading as the Vice-Chairperson herself has accepted. Those are rangers of the KWS who are being recruited to work in the Kitui North and South Game Reserves to protect animals and not people. I know that I am seeking clarification, but allow me to build my case. In one of the responses, the Vice-Chairperson has deliberately failed to mention that on 3rd, May, 2015, at Kasiluni Village in Kyuso Sub-County, five farmers were murdered in cold blood by the same herders. I personally visited the scene; saw the dead bodies, orphans and widows of the slain men. This is a serious matter. We have been told that an operation has commenced. This is not the first time. What happens when they are so many incidences – because these are just few incidences in two months – is that the Government does cosmetic operations and moves people a few kilometers from the border. They disappear and then come back. (1) Could the Chairperson tell us why the Government finds it easy to have police reservists in other places like Pokot but when we ask for reservists in our area, we are denied? (2) Could the same Chairperson clarify when we will get conviction for all these pending investigations? To the best of my recollection, we have never had a single conviction of these murderers who kill people in my county. This is a serious matter and if the Government is serious about the lives of people and their property, this House should insist that we get a lasting solution because my people cannot continue to be killed without any response by the Government that is constitutionally mandated to protect lives and property of Kenyans."
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