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    "id": 758725,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Tuya",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to commend Hon. Ng’eno for bringing this Motion for Adjournment to discuss a matter of crucial importance to the people of Narok County. I want to begin by registering my condolences to the families, friends and all the people who are affected by the needless killings that happened in Trans Mara. Ten lives have been lost so far. As the County Woman Representative for Narok, I wish to pass my condolences to all those who have been affected. It has been said by my two colleagues from Narok that these are needless killings. It is very unfortunate that the killing of one businessman took a twist into tribal clashes among people who have been living together. Even though we know the area is a hotspot in terms of conflict, I believe the killing of the businessman acted as a trigger to the existing undercurrents of conflict among the communities that live in this particular area of Kirindon and Esoit. This is not the first time that we are seeing killings happening in the area. There has been a lot of tension throughout the campaign period. It is high time all of us, the law enforcement officers, the leadership and administration of the county avoided a situation where we do fire- fighting. When we engage in firefighting, we will continue to lose lives. We will continue to have people who otherwise have been living together peacefully looking at each other in animosity and lack of peace. For the longest time, there has been a situation of abnormalcy where the residents of the area have not been living at peace. They have not been going about their businesses as they should. I think we should take this as a lesson to avoid any additional loss of lives. As the Woman Representative for Narok, I will be taking the lead in assisting the residents, through the office of the Speaker, to present petitions to the relevant committee. I know we have not yet constituted the committees, but we will do this so that we can look for a way to go to the bottom of the issue and avoid firefighting situations like we are doing right now. I just want to join my colleagues in saying that criminals should be treated as criminals. A person who goes out to kill another person is a criminal. Let us not tribalise it and say the person who killed is of a certain tribe. A criminal is a criminal and not a tribal person. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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