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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Jaldesa",
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        "legal_name": "Rehema Dida Jaldesa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am honored to be given this opportunity. I rise to support this Motion which is very emotive and very personal to some of us. From the outset, I want to take this opportunity to condole the families of those who were affected by the Wajir killing. Equally, I want to take this opportunity to condole with the people of Isiolo County. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on Sunday, we lost one person at a place called Gotu over the same sort of killing and thus I condole with the entire family. Having said that, I think this killing is really gaining momentum. It is spreading at a very serious rate. The killings especially on the northern part of this country used to be historical by nature. What I mean by historical is that people or rather communities used to fight over watering points and cattle rustling which was an old sort of practice. My concern now is that there is a new trend of killing where it is not only the issues that are being raised, but there is also an element of radicalisation. There is a serious influx of illegal arms, especially in parts of northern Kenya, in places such as Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo and Garissa. There is also a serious issue, on which I want to blame the Government, to which I so much belong, which is the issue of boundary dispute. In Isiolo County, there is a nexus between killings and boundary disputes. The reason I blame the Government is because boundaries are known by everyone to be clearly demarcated. So, I find it very reckless for people to kill each other because of boundary issues. These new killings have more serious impacts than the former historical killings. They involve large numbers of displacements. It has taken our counties and constituencies backwards economically. Most of our schools are closing down, and that denies our children their basic democratic right by all measures for lack of better words. In the last three months, Isiolo County has lost more than 10 people that I know. The sad part is that no one is talking about their compensation. It is like nothing happened. Somebody dies, he or she is buried and we move on. Therefore, I quickly propose some interventions. We need more KPRs. Communities should be brought together to dialogue. The communities have local structures on the ground, which need to be empowered. Finally, issues of boundaries should be given attention as soon as yesterday. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity."
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