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    "id": 723192,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is shameful that every two weeks we have to rise in this House to ask for a Motion of Adjournment to discuss insecurity in the country. We do not know whether the Executive listens to what we way. We do not know whether they watch television. We do not know whether they hear our cries each time. It is shameful that the Government cannot use the resources that it has to contain insecurity in the country. Just recently, several people were killed in Baringo and Elgeiyo/Marakwet counties specifically in Marakwet East Constituency. We have lost so many lives. As Hon. Bowen said, the President has not bothered to even visit that region to say ‘ pole’ to the victims. I also want the Executive to investigate because this thing has escalated in the last few months. We need to see if there is a political angle in the matter. Recently, we were told that livestock stolen from Elgeyo/Marakwet County were driven to Baringo County, put on lorries and driven to some barracks, where they were sold. I would like to ask the Executive how many more lives they would want wasted before they can move in. Do they want more people to be killed before they intervene? How many mothers are going to be beaten by snakes before they can move in? We have lost many lives through cattle rustling and snake bites. Most of our schools along the Kerio Valley are technically closed. I do not know what will happen towards the end of this year when students will be sitting for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. Will our children be sitting for the same exams that children in other parts of the country will be sitting for? It is, indeed, shameful. We want the Government to come out clearly on this matter. Bring home the KDF from Somalia and Southern Sudan, so that they can protect us from our own neighbours. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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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