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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Ntutu",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I also thought there is no secondment on this Motion. Listening to my good friend Kisang, this country and the Cabinet Secretary (CS) concerned should take seriously what the Hon. Member of Parliament is saying. When you hear that schools have been closed simply because of insecurity, it is not good. I belong to the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. We have talked about Marakwet and the Pokot brothers for a long time. For the last four years we have been in Parliament, we have provided the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government with a lot of funding. In terms of personnel, we recruit 10,000 police officers almost every year. When you hear that children cannot continue with their learning because of insecurity, it is really very shameful. I remember during the 2013/2014 calendar, there was a lot of terrorism in this country. The Government put up all effort; they put all kinds of machineries on the ground. Right now, we do not have terrorism or, at least, it has gone completely down. But, when we are told that in Marakwet, Pokot, North Eastern or even Narok - which I will discuss in a minute – there is cattle rustling from one tribe to another or from one clan to another, it really begs the question: Are these people serious? I do not believe that they do not have intelligence on what is happening on the ground. In every location, we have a person employed to take intelligence on what is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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