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    "id": 885430,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/885430/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the chance also to contribute to this important Motion. I want to emphasise the fact that there is a hunger in Turkana. When you look as the social media, you see a lot of conflicting arguments as to whether people died of hunger or disease or whatever. I want to say there is hunger in Turkana, and people are dying of hunger. Some people have died of hunger, some people may have died of old age or whatever but still there have been people that have died of hunger. The problem in Turkana did not just fall out of the blue. It did not just fall out of hell or Heaven. There were signs and warnings, and nobody was paying heed. Nobody was doing what it would take to avert that problem. I have mentioned many times in this House that Turkana is under siege from all corners because Turkana borders Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, and other groups within Kenya. Turakana is fighting every time from any of these points that I have just mentioned. The problem of insecurity is a big contributor to the problem we have today. This issue of insecurity has been pointed out many times to the national Government, whose prerogative is to save and keep its people safe and nobody has paid any attention. We border South Sudan and our cousins in South Sudan – the Toposa – attack us every now and then and drive away our animals. So, people who were left without their livestock obviously starve. Some food has to be found for them because they do not have anything to live on. Our cousins in Uganda also attack us and take our livestock. The same problem starts all over again. Our neighbouring cousins in Kenya, from Baringo and West Pokot, attack us. In fact, for the last week, we have been attacked every day. Yesterday there was an attack where two people died. Today, as we speak, there are bandits from an adjourning county waiting to strike. Every time, these livestock is driven away because those neighbours are well armed. The people they leave behind, if they are not dead, are left without anything to depend on. So, insecurity is a big contributor to the problem we have in Turkana County today. Some of those people would not be destitute and hungry had this insecurity problem been fixed. To me, it appears that the Government of Kenya is only interested with the oil deposits in Turkana County, but not in making sure that the people and their livestock are safe. They just take the oil without addressing other issues."
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