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    "id": 665990,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "business and other businesses. We have lost a lot of money in the Office of the President (OP) in the name of procuring security equipment – with one being the Anglo Leasing scandal. In the Anglo Leasing scandal, money was lost in the name of procuring security equipment. We are not seeing any security equipment reaching the grassroots to assist our people to tackle security issues. Disarming pastoralists requires that we start from Ethiopia and go all the way to South Africa. That is because you cannot talk of disarming the Turkana, Pokot and Marakwet people when there are the Toposa in South Sudan who are also armed. The Government needs to go to the ground and make sure that there is security to those people. The reason why people are arming themselves is lack of Government presence to provide them with security in their areas. Going forward, the Motion by Hon. Cheptumo must be put together with that of Hon. Boaz Kaino, who was the Member of Parliament for Marakwet West during the 10th Parliament. This Motion has to be implemented to the letter so that the people of Marakwet East and Marakwet in general, as well as the people of Baringo, Pokot, Turkana and all the pastoralist communities in the country, can engage in other meaningful development activities, instead of engaging in activities which result in loss of lives every day. As I said, my constituency has widows and orphans because of the cattle rusting menace. With those many remarks, I support Hon. Cheptumo, who is my neighbour, and say that this Motion has to be implemented."
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