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    "id": 723122,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Cheptumo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "closed in Ayatya, Kagir, Chemoi, Moinonin, just to mention the ones in Baringo North. I am told that about eight schools have also been closed in Baringo South. Every year, this House allocates a substantial amount of money to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to purchase equipment and employ police officers. The Government must respond to this situation. Few askaris are posted to these areas with no capacity and weapons to respond to the attacks. We are dealing with very rustlers with sophisticated weapons who can engage trained police officers of this country for three to five hours. I urge the Government to deploy enough security personnel to the areas. We have armoured personnel vehicles which can deal with the situation. The police officers also fear for their lives. One officer was pursuing livestock and was told to go forth and follow the rustlers, but he said that he was a father, somebody’s husband and a human being. He said that the animals were not his. He also had to protect his life. That is the police officer expected to protect the people. Several of the vehicles that were bought recently are lying in Nairobi. They should be deployed to areas where there are problems. A time has come for us to deploy the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) to the areas. What is the use of spending money on KDF officers in barracks when our people are being killed due to internal conflict? As I conclude, I want to say that this is a sad day for me. I want to tell the Government that Kenyans are dying. My people are dying. They are desperate. They do not know what to do. Constitutionally, we have the duty to represent the people and defend them. I want to call upon the President to declare cattle rustling a national disaster, deploy enough security personnel to Baringo County to protect our people and supply food to the people."
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