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"content": "from both sides necessitated by several issues which do not compare with the lives of the people who died in those particular incidences. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you must also understand that there is no winner in a war. There are only losers. There are people who die. There are loved ones who die. Widows and orphans are left destitute. There is no winner in war. That is why I want to take this opportunity to tell the people of Transmara wherever they are that activities to do with war, where people fight and kill each other, do not belong to this generation. We have so many other avenues through which we can sort our disputes. If there are issues to do with land, we can sort them out in some other avenues. If there are issues to do with cattle theft, we also have avenues that we can use to solve them. If there are issues where people are killed unknowingly by some other people, there are avenues we can use to solve them. I wish to call upon the Members representing the two constituencies to appreciate that peace is supreme. Peace is what can bring development. Peace is what can bring prosperity in our nation. For several years, we have had clashes along the borders of the two constituencies. I remember in 1989 we had people fighting each other. Although it stopped, the tension never went away. I remember in 2007 when there were shambolic elections in Kilgoris Constituency, people fought and some died. We went for by-elections and eventually there was a subdivision of the constituency and peace has prevailed for many years. I also remember in 2010 when there was an issue to do with borders and there were clashes along the same borders. When we were done with the division of the constituencies, people went back to their normal activities. This problem again came back in 2017, when we were approaching the 8th August General Election. Several people died. I remember putting across to this House that over 12 people died in the same place. The motive of the killings is not known to-date because no one has been arrested. People who were arrested were released. Not even a single soul has ever been told who started the skirmishes and what the motive behind them was. The problem that we are facing right now cannot be related to anything. As far as I remember, and as far as I know, right now, we do not know who killed the businessman. We also do not know who killed the other people. No one can explain the reaction that happened after the killing of the businessman. Yesterday, the first person was laid to rest, but the people who killed him have not been brought to book. I urge the Government that if we want to ease the prevailing tension in that area, we should ensure that the people who were involved in the killing of the innocent businessman are arrested, followed by the arrest of the other people who went on to kill other innocent people. If you look at the photographs of the people who were slaughtered, you cannot imagine such things happen in this country. If you look at the timeframe between the time the businessman was killed and the time the other innocent people were killed, I do not even know how to frame it because it was like there was an instant reaction such that when you were found on the road, you were just killed, unless you spoke a certain dialect. I want to categorically state that as peace loving citizens, we should not want this tension to go on. We want to have peace in these areas. We want the Government to chip in immediately and carry out investigations with a view to apprehending all the perpetrators of these heinous 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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