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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lomunokol",
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        "legal_name": "Mark Lomunokol",
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    "content": "simply because this Government does not take the issue of insecurity in pastoral areas very serious. In fact, there is this notion that it is normal for pastoralists to fight. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are aware that the state of insecurity is wanting in the whole country. We have witnessed our own members losing lives. People tend to react a bit when people fight or when people are killed in urban areas. However, I am sure that we also lose our people in pastoralist areas every day and especially in Kacheliba where I come from. We have so many good reasons that if implemented can make the Government stop this problem. That includes recommendations by scholars and even borrowing from what other countries have done. I would recommend a disarmament process that is not discriminative and targeting a particular community. This is because the entire country is not secure now and guns are all over. We must wake up to the reality that we need to secure our people. This issue is not isolated to Baringo alone. It is happening in other places. I would also say that it would be prudent if our Government sets aside rangelands for grazing and have security agents accompany pastoralists when they have to move to a particular place for grazing. Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) must be stationed in specific kraals to be able to watch on criminals who are out to confuse or cause mayhem to communities. We are in one country and the issue of not living together is not possible. We must coexist because Kenya is ours and we must encourage communities to live together and also fight these criminals in isolation. We must not condemn entire tribes or try to tribalise this issue because you are aware that other than cattle rustling, we have other forms of conflicts all over. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I neighbour Uganda which has succeeded despite the fact that it is a very poor country. That is because of the spirit and the attitude that the Government has. It has successfully disarmed and made its people realise sustained peace. It is unfortunate that every time such an issue occurs we try to brand tribes. We have perceptions which need to be changed. These perceptions cannot help us because as I speak to you today, many Kenyans have changed. We are only left with very few ignorant criminals who we will be able to defeat if we join our efforts. They are just criminals like Al Shabaab who we need concerted efforts to fight. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the approaches we have had before like the reactive kinds of disarmaments are not helpful. We need to engage communities in providing solutions because there are homegrown solutions which can be permanent. This will be the case if we borrow from the communities or decide to work together with them. With those few remarks, I support."
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