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    "id": 633073,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nooru",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Mohamed Nooru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. The matter before this House is very serious because it touches the lives of Kenyans. What touches the lives of Kenyans is not an issue of politicking. It is not business as usual. It is a matter of life and death. Life is very precious. We cannot afford to lose even one individual in this country. Kenya used to take human life very preciously, but of late, it has become normal that people are killed daily. It has become a habit as if there is no Government, like in our neighbouring country Somalia. I do not want to go into the details to provoke the diplomatic relations between Kenya and Uganda because this has been a friendly country for a long time in so many issues. At the same time, we cannot have double standards. We cannot say we are trying to unify East Africa as one state and at the same time we are killing our own people. I do not know what the role of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is when we have to discuss this issue in a select committee the way Hon. Millie Odhiambo has suggested. These are the issues that should have been discussed at EALA and resolved a long time ago. It has taken too long. Very small issues in this country take too long and we continue losing lives and it becomes a culture. It is high time the Government took a decisive step and moved with speed to stop the killings. On the issue of our border with Somalia along the Indian Ocean, which has been mentioned by the Member for Wundanyi, our waters are under threat from left and right. I do not know what the role of the Kenya Navy is supposed to be. It is supposed to guard Kenyan waters. If you say there is no single Kenya Navy officer in Lake Victoria after 52 years of Independence, it is very unfortunate. We do not know why we should fund the KDF if they cannot defend our borders. The issue of boundaries is a different matter that can be determined by a civilised society. It cannot be solved by going to war, that every time, we just take guns, illegal or legal, to fight. Issues of boundaries can be resolved by civilised societies or countries. People need not look for guns, legal or illegal, to fight as a way of resolving such issues. These are very minor issues. The Head of States of the two countries are always at regional summits discussing issues of much lesser importance than this one. They discuss matters of bilateral trade and other matters when people are dying. When people become hostile to each other, they cannot engage in trade. They cannot cross borders without documentation like passports. We are trying to unify these countries and make them one nation. At the same time, we are arguing about border lines and killing each other. It will be an issue. Civilians fishing in Lake Victoria could have killed each other."
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