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    "id": 812850,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. (Prof.) Ekal for bringing this issue. It is poetic and timely that on a day that the Senator for Turkana County has brought an issue regarding the security of his people, it is the same day that his Governor is busy talking about immunity for governors from corruption prosecutions. This shows you the difference in priorities. If resources were used well in Turkana County as said by Sen. Olekina, then we will not be dealing with some of the issues we are talking about today. Despite clear provisions in the Standing Order No. 46(2)(b) on how personal Statements are treated, I want to undertake on behalf of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations that we will take up this matter. It is part of our work plan in the second part of our calendar. We want to deal with the issue of cattle rustling throughout the north rift counties. I know that there are some amendments being proposed to Standing Order No.46(2)(b), but we will take up that matter. It is sad because this is not the first time that we are dealing with this issue. Previously, I led a delegation of the Senate and the National Assembly in the last Parliament, when I was the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity to Sen. (Prof.) Ekal’s County, where we went to Lokwar and Nakuse, which are in Turkana South. At that time, there was peace, because we had peace committees between the people from Lokwar-Nakuse and those ones from Turkwel across the river in West Pokot. The young Pokot and Turkana Warriors were the ones preaching peace, slaughtering cows together and moving together. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, where some of these initiatives fall off is where other institutions that are charged with follow through do not continue with their work. We moved from Lokwar-Nakuse and went to Turkwel in West Pokot and the solution was just there. The Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) would have brought a solution in that area to engage these young people. We went to Loruk in Baringo, Nginyang’ and Sindai. The solutions again were with the people and we agreed on what needs to be done. From there, we went to Bargoi in Samburu where for the first time, we witnessed, in more than 50 years, the first peace deal between the Turkanas and Samburus of Bargoi. There were certain agencies that were supposed to follow up on that peace agreement including the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and the National Police Service (NPS). They did not do anything about it and that peace deal recently crumbled. Even as we go back - because we will go back to that area – I hope the area Senator, Members of his Committee and all the Members of this House from those counties; Baringo, Samburu, West Pokot and Turkana, will be there. We really urge you to support us in this work. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is interesting that Sen. Ledama and Sen. (Prof.) Imana Ekal are Members of the Committee on Energy. The biggest opportunity for resolving the issues in the North Rift lie within their committee. If you look at the geothermal trail starting from Nakuru County moving up, that is where the greatest solution comes from. 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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