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    "id": 812453,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday the distinguished Senator for Turkana County made a statement on this Floor in relation to oil and insecurity in Turkana County. Today he has brought yet another statement with even greater detail about insecurity, cattle rustling and biased police behavior. We do not want to take sides. We know that there are Turkanas who live in Samburu County and even Isiolo County where the distinguished Sen. Dullo comes from. In fact, there has been a Turkana Member of Parliament (MP) in Isiolo in the last Parliament. Yesterday, I was visited by a former Member of the County Assembly (MCA) from Isiolo County from the Turkana Community who narrated to me some of the things that the distinguished Senator is saying. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue is the lack of will on the part of the Government to bring cattle rustling and inter-ethnic conflicts to an end. It is not just about Turkana in Isiolo, Samburu and so on, but also the serious frictions between Turkana and Pokots on their border as well as the Pokots and other communities in Baringo County and many other places. We cannot blame the communities wholly. The Government has a duty to police these areas and ensure there is peace. If it is, indeed, true - and I hope it is not so – that the police marshalled local communities to attack one community; that is a very dangerous direction to take because the police have a duty to serve all Kenyans. If you look at their logo, it is written “ Utumishi kwa Wote. ” It is not “ Utumishi kwa Wachache. ” If there is an issue, they must amicably and impartially arbitrate where necessary, and arrest criminals where they are found, prosecute them where there is evidence and bring these problems of insecurity to an end. Mr. Speaker, Sir, equally important – this House should take cognisance of this – is that cattle rustling is no longer a cultural affair. In the past, morans used to go and raid to get cattle and use them as dowry to get wives. Cattle rustling has become a commercial enterprise. People raid and steal cattle in the pastoralists areas. Within a day or two, they are in the slaughter houses of Dagoretti, Mwiki and everywhere else in Nairobi. So, the police have to work tirelessly to bring peace between communities. Equally important, I want to encourage the Senators for Turkana, Isiolo, Samburu and West Pokot counties to also come together and see how to engineer peace between the communities. This is because if we just leave it to the communities and the State 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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