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    "id": 569319,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Haji",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 26,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Prof.) John Lonyangapuo requested for a statement regarding the issue of security along the Turkana and West Pokot county borders. The Senator wants to know; (1) Whether the Government is aware that the leadership of the two counties signed a mutual agreement that as a first step to end insecurity in the area, no construction or any other development should be undertaken by either side without the concurrence and full participation of the other. (2) Whether the Government is aware that the Turkana County Government is currently constructing a road from Kainuk, Turkana County, to Sarmach in West Pokot County thereby reneging on the agreement. (3) Whether the Government is aware that as a result, tension is building up between the two communities. (4) What the national Government is doing to forestall the rising tension and prevent a flare up of violence. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government is not aware that leaders drawn from Turkana and West Pokot counties had agreed that no development should be undertaken in the disputed area along the common border by either Government without the concurrence and full participation of the other as a first step to end insecurity in the area. However, the Government is aware that Turkana County Government had commissioned the construction of a road from Kainuk to Sarmach, which heightened tension between the two communities living along the border. The project was thus stopped barely eight kilometres from Kainuk and normalcy has since been restored. The national Government through the national Government administrative officers has been sensitizing the communities living along the border to co-exist peacefully. Peace caravans have also been held in the area to forestall flare up of hostility between the two communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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