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    "id": 71518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I want to draw the attention of hon. Members to some years back; the year 1550. In the year 1550, according to the BBC in what they did about three or four days ago, they analyzed and said that China and India were the richest countries and economies of the world. That was in the year 1550 but over time because of invasions, colonization, piracy, cattle rustling, theft of raw materials from third world countries to the industrialized world, the economies of those countries gradually became very poor and Africa is just part of that. Africa which is the oldest continent was left with only cattle rustling and Somalia is doing piracy also. Coming back to Kenya, we can sit here and talk and discuss this issue but the truth cannot be put more eloquently than what has been done by Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona that the State is responsible for its omissions and commissions in terms of enforcing security and also ensuring that people do not suffer. The rulings have been cited, and even without the rulings, the State is bound to protect her people. The people of Turkana, Marakwet, Samburu and Baringo have suffered these injustices because a certain group is armed and they feel so powerful that they are able to intimidate the Government. This should be put to a halt. We are supporting this particular initiative through this Select Committee because the Government must wake up from its slumber. By this, I mean that technology exists. In other parts of the world like Oklahoma, they are still doing cattle rustling in one way or"
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