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    "id": 775062,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Senate, I would like to welcome the team from West Pokot County. These are my neighbour back home. For those of us who served in the last Parliament, we are very proud to note the trust and faith that the county governments have in this important Chamber, particularly when we perform our responsibility under the Constitution of protecting counties and their governments. Being an arm of Government we believe that West Pokot County Assembly has learnt something from you, the Senate Business Committee and the Senate itself. We were glad to have the Speaker of West Pokot County Assembly sitting with us in the Senate Business Committee on Tuesday. I believe that they are doing a good job in West Pokot. The Governor of West Pokot County was a Member of this House in the last Parliament. He was a Member of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC). I hope and believe that, unless something drastic happens, he will accept to be oversighted vigorously by the county assembly. I believe that he will give them the room and support to ensure that accountability becomes the norm in West Pokot County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me also use this opportunity to thank the West Pokot leadership in their commitment and effort towards peace in Kerio Valley. The Speaker of West Pokot County Assembly came to my office yesterday and we had a discussion on how to take the issues of peace forward. I have discussed this with Gov. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo and the other three governors; that as much security is a function of the national Government, we rely on the county governments to focus on bringing together communities. There is need to designate a department on peace building and cohesion in their counties that can tap in the structures of national Government, to facilitate good neighbourliness among communities living in Elgeyo-Marakwet, West Pokot, Baringo, Turkana and Samburu counties, so that cattle rustling and banditry become a thing of the past. I thank you."
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