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    "id": 718009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/718009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "I would not really blame the Government because it has tried. As we speak, there is an operation going on. It used to be headed by somebody called Sharif, but they have now transferred him. The operation is being conducted with armoured personnel carriers in that area. The other day, the Deputy President visited the area and ensured that both communities were given Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) so that they can take care of their cattle. We are even using reformed warriors to address these issues. As leaders of the region, we have visited these areas severally with the Members of Parliament from Marakwet, Turkana and West Pokot and we have even used the Nyumba Kumi initiative but this thing has continued unabated. We need to deal with it. The Pokot have lost over 10 people, over 500 goats and 300 cattle. So, both sides have lost. We need to deal with this problem because it is deep-rooted. The way Hon. Shidiye said, we need affirmative action to deal with this problem. When Uganda was faced with two challenges - cattle rustling in Karamoja region and the war in the north led by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) - the President came up with two ministries in charge of those areas. The Ministry in charge of Karamoja affairs, at the moment I think is headed by the wife of the President, the First Lady. There is also the Ministry for the Pacification of the North to deal with the Kony issue. So, we need to come up with different ways of dealing with this matter. It is not business as usual. We are losing lives. We are losing livestock from both sides. We are one community. We are cousins. We are all Jubilee Members. We support one President and one deputy. So, it is paradoxical that the same people who speak almost similar language, similar dialect, supporting one party and supporting one President and one deputy are killing each other. Something has to be done. I recommend that we think of coming up with a Ministry---The Nusu Mkate Government came up with a Ministry of Northern Kenya. They tried to address those issues. This time round we should have a Ministry in charge of these Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) especially the pastoralists so that their issues can be understood, dealt with properly and comprehensively. At this age, if people are still practising this old barbaric, very primitive culture of stealing cows, something---"
}