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    "id": 727262,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/727262/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. The situation at the border of West Pokot, Elgeyo-Marakwet and Baringo and the challenges that we have seen in that region in the last one year or so are disturbing. It is even shocking when you have a situation where leaders from both sides are unable to sit down and engage. I would have been more excited if this discussion and the altercation between Sen. Murkomen and Sen.(Prof.) Lonyangapuo was happening on the ground as they try to find a solution. To have them come and engage in Nairobi while things are happening in their counties is unfortunate. It is even more disturbing when you hear leaders saying: “You did not inform me.” What kind of invitation do you need when you are elected by the same people you are supposed to engage? When you have a situation of this kind there is no room for protocol that a letter has to be written to invite you. This does not help. Let us not politicize this matter. Politicians must appreciate that even as we get to the elections, the lives of these innocent people in the border of Pokot, Marakwet and Baringo matters to this country. When you hear of the description given by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo on the number of lives that have been lost and by Sen. Murkomen on the manner in which the executions are being done by these bandits they do not require any consideration. They have already waived their right to life by taking innocent lives including the life of a three months old baby. A bandit sometimes is carrying even a more dangerous weapon than the Kenya police themselves. How do you tell the police that they need to look for them, chase them, arrest them and take them to the High Court in Baringo or Nakuru? How do you do that when these are bandits on the rampage, killing every person on sight? So, when you hear a politician or a leader saying that the shoot-to-kill order is illegal, you are left wondering whether they are interested in solving the situation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir what we have seen from most of these leaders is lip service and Sen.(Prof.) Lonyangapuo should be spending more time listening on this one- --"
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