{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139723","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139721","results":[{"id":1413631,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413631/?format=json","text_counter":687,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Member for Turkana East, you shall not mention a community. I think the Vice-Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs has already committed that they will bring a report with a list."},{"id":1413632,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413632/?format=json","text_counter":688,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Turkana East, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Nicholas Ng’ikor","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have just said that I am waiting for that list to be tabled here, whether they come from Turkana East or elsewhere, so that we can avoid mentioning communities. Before that list is tabled here, which names are we going to use? This issue has persisted because we are trying to cover it. People are dying and homes are being burnt by people we know from those areas and yet, we are not mentioning their names. How long will this issue continue in this country? In my constituency, people are being killed and schools have been closed for the past three years. The children are not going to school and yet, no one is taking any action. You only hear about the war against alcohol in the central region. Every effort is focused there. Is that not life? Are the lives in the North Rift different from the lives in Central Kenya? It has reached a time when the leaders of this country should come out and see how they can help the people of North Rift. With those few remarks, let me stop there so that others Members can also contribute. Thank you."},{"id":1413633,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413633/?format=json","text_counter":689,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Thank you, Member for Turkana East. Next is the County Member of Parliament for Laikipia."},{"id":1413634,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413634/?format=json","text_counter":690,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Laikipia County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jane Kagiri","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this adjournment Motion. I forever remain grateful to the people of Laikipia County for the opportunity to serve them. If I were asked the toughest part of this job, it is when I receive a phone call or text from a family at night informing me that there are bandits or cattle rustlers outside their house. In a good case scenario, the following day they call you back to tell you the cattle rustlers drove away with their herd of cattle. In a worst-case scenario, the community calls to inform that a member of that family was killed. Such is the life that Laikipia constituents are living today. It is also good to mention that Laikipia is the 15th largest county in this country, despite having three constituencies. That said, we are generous enough to have seven counties – that is Isiolo, Nyeri, Meru, Nakuru, Baringo, and Samburu - as our neighbors. We are peaceful The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1413635,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413635/?format=json","text_counter":691,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Laikipia County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jane Kagiri","speaker":null,"content":"neighbours but, in many instances, we have neighbours who keep antagonising us and thus affecting the residents of Laikipia County. Our challenges are cattle rustlers and if not them, it is the illegal grazers who come to disturb us. The greatest challenge is that we know the corridors where those cattle rustlers pass. Any Member in this House knows how fast or slow a cow walks. When someone says 200 cattle have been driven away, if security had the intent and the purpose of catching up with those cattle rustlers, they would be able to do so. In this day and age, we have technology like drones and armoured vehicles which, if our system agrees to use, it will be easy to end cattle rustling in Laikipia County. It is also good to mention that seven of the 15 wards in my county are being antagonised. I will give an example of Githiga Ward. We even know the corridor that the cattle rustlers use. There is Mlima Jangili, Matweku and Mitaro. Those places are well known even to the security people. This is where cattle rustlers pass, but the security people have been unable to stop those people. In Ol-Moran, Wangwachi, Salama Ward and Checkpoint, there are issues. Two weeks ago, they killed an elderly man at Checkpoint. In that instance, the Senator and the area Member of the County Assembly (MCA) tried to pursue the cattle rustlers. And with the assistance of some sniffer dogs, they found them in a certain house. It would have been a different story if the cattle rustlers had seen them approaching. As leaders, we have been forced to become security agencies on the ground because those people have refused to work. It is our plea to know the structure that is going to be used for security in our areas. As mentioned by our colleague earlier, it seems the security forces receive instructions from somewhere else. I would like to go by the good book, the Bible. Leviticus says an eye for an eye. In our instance, a cattle rustler kills our people, but when it comes to their arrest, they are treated with baby gloves as if they are special. The justice they dispense to our people should be the same justice meted out on them. I speak of seven wards that are experiencing insecurity. We all know where the insecurity is coming from. Recently in Sosian Ward, our MCA was almost killed as he was pursuing cattle that had been stolen there. As a Member for Laikipia County, I want to join my colleagues in saying that the time has come. If we deliver nothing else for our people, we must deliver security. Security must be restored in Laikipia County, now and not later. Our chiefs also need to be given powers. Chiefs walk out in the middle of the night to assist our people, but they are stopped from giving any instructions to the security forces. It is time we get to know the person that should give instructions for our people to be secure. We are demanding for it. We can no longer keep pleading for it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Adjournment Motion."},{"id":1413636,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413636/?format=json","text_counter":692,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Thank you. Baringo County Member of Parliament."},{"id":1413637,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413637/?format=json","text_counter":693,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Baringo County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jematiah Sergon","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to add my voice to this matter of insecurity and banditry. I thank my sister, Hon. Korere, and the Member of Parliament for Laikipia, for bringing this Motion before us. We have spoken, attended meetings, screamed and even written letters. We have done what is humanly possible to put across this menace. We have talked to everyone who cares to listen. I, at times, wonder; how many people should die? How many families should be displaced? How many children should not go to school because they are closed? How many water points and boreholes should be destroyed for a Government that was bestowed by the people to protect them? I was elected on the Government side, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party. We always remind our people that this is the Government that we all voted for and expected to ease this problem from our backs. Unfortunately, it is now more burdening. When you have a lot of hope and you do not get what you hope for, it becomes more burdening. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1413638,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413638/?format=json","text_counter":694,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Baringo County, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jematiah Sergon","speaker":null,"content":"As a Member of Parliament, my request to the Government is to take time and show goodwill to this menace, once and for all. The other time, we saw the Government taking time to fight the illicit brew menace. We mobilised a lot of resources and called on leaders to take charge, close shops, arrest people and stop bars from selling illicit brew. That is business. I just wish the same energy and effort could be used to stop this problem. I want to give an example of what happens when I go to drink, even if it is an illicit brew. I walk into a club, sit down, order my beer and drink one, two, or three bottles, probably up to morning. If I do the same the following day, I will become addicted to it and that is when I will realise that it is a problem. What about a mother who is sitting in her house, or a farmer or a pastoralist who is taking care of his cows and is ambushed, attacked, thrown out of his home and all his wealth or cows are driven away and no one talks about it? It is one thing for the Government to say that they will take care of our problems, but it is another to see how we will take care of victims of banditry. Someone said that communities are not supposed to be accused of being criminals. However, many criminals originate from communities. It is the prerogative of the community to take the initiative to control such incidents. For instance, when the Mungiki were terrorising everyone in Nairobi and central provinces, the Kikuyu community had to stop that menace. The Somali community did the same with the Al Shaabab . Similarly, the Pokot community should take charge and take up the challenge to eradicate this problem. Lastly, I want to tell the President that the Tugen and other communities that are affected by this menace really wish and hope that this problem will be sorted this time round."},{"id":1413639,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413639/?format=json","text_counter":695,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Martha Wangari","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13123,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari","slug":"martha-wangari"},"content":" Member for Samburu North."},{"id":1413640,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1413640/?format=json","text_counter":696,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Samburu North, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Letipila Eli","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion of Adjournment by the Member for Laikipia North, Hon. Sarah Korere. I really feel for her just as I feel for all Members from the North Rift who are affected by this menace of insecurity. I come from Baragoi in Samburu North. We are currently marking 30 years of gang- related cattle rustling in that part of the country. Many voices have spoken about the vice in this House. The fact that we are still talking about this issue on the Floor of this House is an indictment on the Government of the Republic of Kenya. People are still being killed and families are still being traumatised 30 years down the road. You have heard from the Women Representative of Isiolo County, Hon. Korere, Hon. Jematiah and every Member who has stood up to speak on the Floor of this House. We are talking about fresh killings. We lost over 105 people in Samburu during the past year. I lost an elected leader, a Member of the County Assembly (MCA), a month or so ago. Since the killing of the late Hon. Paul Leshimpiro, the MCA for Ang’ata Nanyekie Ward in Samburu North Constituency, we have not seen any concrete action being taken by the Government to bring to book those who killed him. We have not seen any concrete action to inspire confidence in the communities which live there. Schools in that part of the country did not close early because the school term ended, but because of insecurity. Children in the following three schools do not go to school any more: Angata Nanyukie, Ngabai and Soitpus primary schools. They fear to go there. At Soitpus Primary School, a teacher and cook were shot in the evening. There were no cows in the school. People went there and shot them. That is the kind of terror that is visited upon the communities in the North Rift and parts of Samburu County. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support the sentiments by Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri that this is a very small matter, if the Government is serious. For instance, in the once infamous Baragoi, we have lived in relative peace over the past one and half years. This is because the Government came out strongly and partnered with elected leaders and communities. Specialised units, who supported community-led peace initiatives, were also sent to that area. I recommend that we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"}]}