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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if somebody out there in the name of serving the security apparatus assumes that North Eastern Province is very far, I would like to tell him that it is not very far. Kenyans in their own dynamic nature are familiar with what is happening in every part of the Republic. It is not even fair to call for the transfer of the individuals who presided over this. We want to see these individuals resign. Let them be sacked, arraigned in court and prosecuted. That is the only solution we can accept. Mr. Speaker, Sir, three weeks ago, this House passed the Joint Committee Report on the recruitment of Kenyan youths of Somali origin and one of the resolutions was the Kenya Government shall not militarily get involved in the affairs of the failed State of Somalia. I want to say this in broad daylight; if this is a prelude of the efforts by the Kenyan Government and the Ethiopian Government to venture into the affairs of Somalia, that action is going to plunge this country into a civil war. We want to be on record. We are not interested. We do not want to go to Somalia. We are desirous of maintaining law and order. However, this was a joint operation carried out by the Kenyan and Ethiopian governments. I neighbour that constituency. In fact, before 1996, Wajir North was part of my constituency. This is unacceptable. We must tell Kenyans the truth. I want to salute the gallant Kenyans who attended to this victim. I know a number of human rights activists were assaulted as a result of bringing this to the Kenyan public. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what surprises me is; do we have two sets of rules? Do we have one set of rules for the people of northern Kenya and other rules for other Kenyans? We must be protected. This policy of killing people indiscriminately, raping and maiming is not acceptable. This new Constitution is not just a piece of paper. Our people must be protected. To show that this Government is not taking Parliament seriously, where are the Ministers and Assistant Ministers of the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security? Even when that Report was adopted, none of them was here. This tells you that they do not care what is happening in the northern part of Kenya. We need protection."
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