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    "id": 765283,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Tobiko",
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        "legal_name": "Peris Pesi Tobiko",
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    "content": "One would wonder whether the sabotage begins from here. Political elites and businesspeople in the country have also increasingly acquired land there. Thousands of herders are being chased by drought. I blame this situation entirely on the drought in Laikipia. The herders are being pushed by the biting drought. They have invaded farms, ranches and wildlife conservancies. The key thing is how our security forces dealt with this situation because one wrong cannot correct another wrong. Pumping a bullet into a cow will not solve the situation. The conflict between the pastoralists and the ranchers is bound to escalate as the drought ravages large parts of the country and as small pastoral land is converted into conservancies. Once it rains, pastoralists always go back to their areas of aboard in peace. I underline the words “in peace”. They always go back in peace. The community has many adaptation measures to cope with the impact of extreme climate change. The effects of climate change have been discussed in the just concluded Motion. We need to address them as a country, and not just by the large-scale polluters of the environment. We also need to discuss this issue at the grassroots level. We need to sensitise our communities. Persistent drought has resulted in the continued violence that has been witnessed in Laikipia County, where there is always direct confrontation between herders and security personnel drawn from the various police units and, sometimes, from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). This confrontation has led to loss of thousands of livestock, and thousands of lives of people. This is the situation I am asking this House to address."
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