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    "id": 735866,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know how you will explain where the Chairpersons have been given directives by yourself. Yesterday you were magnanimous and informed them to respond today but they have ignored. They have to come and respond to this grave issue that has wiped out communities and nobody is reporting anything in the media. I have read the history and I have never come across anywhere where Government officers kill livestock especially when there is drought like now. This is the reason why these animals came to Laikipia and would not have left their homes in Samburu or Baringo, they came because of drought. This means that they are starving to death and then you kill their livelihood. In 1992 and 1994 there were operations in Pokot and Turkana and several other operations in other parts of the country. However, we have never seen such an operation. You cannot believe the images you see. Which country on earth can eliminate their people the way we are seeing it here? It is not the first time we are having drought in Kenya. How was it being done before? The same communities used to go to Laikipia and their leaders are here. We need to know what is really happening. If the Chairperson is unable to give a Statement, let us see her take a bold step to resign from the Committee as the Chairperson. As the Speaker has said, you cannot even condemn this barbaric behavior. They are also destroying the voting cards yet we have just four months to elections. We need to know what is happening. It seems like there is a systematic plan to delay this Statement so that when we go on recess, this issue is forgotten. What type of a prayer is this? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senate Majority Leader is here and he should listen to this. He is also affected in Tharaka-Nithi County because they also have pastrolists and do not only farm. This is a serious matter and I want to hear him condemning this as this is inhuman."
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