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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I wish to thank Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o for bringing this Motion, which gives us an opportunity, as leaders, to brainstorm and see how best we can protect the lives and property of our fellow Kenyans who live in this area. I was once called when there was a serious attack on people who have lived in peace for so many years. They know one another and speak one another’s languages. You cannot tell, for example, who is a Nandi and who is a Luo because they speak both languages. One, therefore, wonders why clashes occur, when children from both communities go to the same schools and people help one another to cultivate land. The Government needs to invest in intelligence gathering. We need to be told why these clashes erupt mostly when the elections are around the corner. We need to be told if there are third parties or leaders – political or otherwise – who fund these clashes. If such people exist they need to be dealt with. I met Hon. Kaparo after he had paid a visit to the troubled area. He said that he had tried to calm things. His Commission should give us their strategic plan so that we know what activities they have been undertaking and where they intend to go. They should involve all stakeholders. We need permanent security personnel in some places, like places of worship. In Nandi Hills there is a place called Mberere that is frequently visited by the Legio Maria faithfuls and other Christians. It is just a place of worship with quiet sanctuaries. People go to the riversides or mountains to reflect and they are now being made to believe that some areas belong to the Nandi and others to the Luos. We should therefore, have permanent security personnel in those areas, especially the shopping centres. Since we have been recruiting security personnel every year, some of them should be sent to such areas to stop clashes that lead to loss of property. Women lose dignity when they are stripped naked, like it happened last time. Some of us had to rush there and give them clothing. What is happening is not fair and something ought to be done. One, as we debate this issue, we should find the implementation committee that should come and follow up with the resolutions. Perhaps the Senator who has brought this Motion should follow up with Mr. Ole Kaparo and the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Internal Security. We can then come up with concrete issues that will not only solve the Nandi-Luo border but all these borders that have small issues that can be sorted out. This is because there is no real dispute that is clear and they are not fighting over minerals. It is not like fighting for Migingo Island that you think the water is yours and the ---"
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