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    "id": 811306,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to Sen. Dullo’s Statement. We must find a lasting solution to the issue of insecurity in Isiolo County and Northern Kenya in general. We have seen communities fight each other. Again, issues of small arms within our communities and disarmament, boundaries and resource constraints that lead our people to different borders in search of pastures and water, is causing quite a lot of discontent and insecurity in Isiolo and surrounding areas. That said, there is need for leaders to genuinely and honestly look at their role in this. I had a meeting with the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) a few weeks ago and he said that politicians are part of the problem. I do not know whether he was trying to throw me off this issue or make sure that we are not too much on his case. However, it is time for us, as leaders, to look at the role we have played in inflaming sensitivities and arming some of the communities that have lived in peace with each other for a long time. I was told that there is one former Member of Parliament (MP) whose animals are being guarded by illegal arms. I have asked for details and evidence on this, but I have not gotten it. However, where there is smoke, there is fire. Even as we demand for rights and freedoms and the standards that we expect of the Government, it should start with us. Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of small arms infiltrating the different communities that have lived peacefully with each other and grazed across the different landscapes and plains, for example, the Turkana, Samburu, Borana and Somali. This is causing a major security lapse and concern. When the county administrators say that we are the ones who are arming these people, then we must look in the mirror and find out what our role is in all this and how we can help. Until such a time when we will look at our role in this, as politicians, and make sure that we do the right thing by the law, we cannot expect somebody else to come from outside and solve these issues for us. There were issues around excessive force and use of firearms on innocent communities who were deemed to have attacked the police, but the criminals were not brought to book. It was the women and children who were left in the villages that were harassed, wounded and killed. It is unfair for the security forces to violate the rights of women, children and vulnerable people that are living peacefully in these villages. I The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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