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    "id": 827070,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Petition and to add my voice to what seems like a conflict between the illegal herders, as they are called in the Petition, and the people of Taita Taveta. Thank you, Sen. Mwaruma. I congratulate you for standing up for your people even as I sympathise with the camel owners, who may not have a place to herd their camels. We cannot compare the life of a human being with that of an animal. I cannot believe that we can even talk of having those people talk and figure out what is going on and that sort of stuff, especially when the herder is illegally herding his animals in the land. In that case, they should not get away with this sort of things. We have seen it happen across the country in Laikipia and other areas and these issues must be addressed at some point. One should not have more than what they can afford to keep. I know that my sentiments may sound insensitive, probably because I do not come from a pastoralist community, but I say that in all sensitivity because I hold human life sacred. There is no reason this should be happening. I believe that the Committee to which this Petition will be forwarded to will do justice to the people of Taita Taveta because human life is sacred and must be held above that of animals."
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