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    "content": ". Every citizen of this country has a right to security regardless of where they live. Their life is sacred and their property must be protected. Therefore, we urge the Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Mr. Fred Matiang’i and the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Joseph Boinnet, to quickly intervene to avoid further loss of lives and property and displacements. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is sad that this is happening at a time when children should be going to school. It is also a time when people should be preparing for the planting season. Instead, people are fleeing their homes. The Government must quickly arrest the situation. I hope that the leadership of the area, including the Senate Minority Leader and the Governor of Bungoma, will sit down with the security agencies and ensure that they resolve the issues affecting Mt. Elgon region, once and for all. If we allow criminals to roam around, kill people and cause wanton destruction, we will be setting a bad precedent. Criminals in other parts of the country will operate with abandon. They will kill, maim and destroy property because of lack of protection from the law enforcement agencies. I hope the leadership from Bungoma County will take the lead. Apparently, the Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Mr. Fred Matiang’i, has a good record. I hope he will transfer that good record from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. Finally, whatever decision or intervention that the Cabinet Secretary and the Government will take, they should do it in a more civilized and humane way, so that we do not see what happened when they were wiping out the SLDF militia in Mt. Elgon a few years back. The agencies that will be sent to restore calm, sanity and peace should not end up violating human rights in that region. I hope that the Ministries concerned will resolved the issues once and for all. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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