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61Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Marka sas awatheth waxan rabna sithi kenyatha kaley marki chiefka iyo DO ga ey usosaxixanwaraq ey kuqathanayan papotka anagana an kuqathano yan rabna.Translator: We want to be treated equally like other Kenyans and be issued with passports like other Kenyans without anyconditions.Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Mithe kale askarta sitha sharciga kenya ushagayo nafsatheni iyo malkeni iney ilaliso yanologubalan qathey nolomadaqqaleyo.Translator: The other thing is, according to the Constitution, the Government or the soldiers of Kenya are supposed to bedefending our lifes and property, but they do not do so in the real sense.Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Xawen iyo malinbo gebdexa yalaxoga, xolaxena yaladaca, guryaxaina yalajabsatha askartina weyjifta.Translator: Day and night our girls are raped, our property stolen, our animals raided, continuously.Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Askarti wax noqawani lexethna guryaxa yalaguxelini gaawarithi sithi Nairobi logakene aya bishitothowath marki lagaro gari oo meshi tagan yalagusicelini.Translator: The soldiers do not make a step outside their compound. The vehicles are still brand new and they are put into thestation and they are as new as they been from the beginning.Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Xathey waxba noqawaneynin maxa nalogukenaye.Translator: If they are not doing anything for us, why should they be brought here? Why waste resources?Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Anaga waxan jecelnaxay xathi askartas ey rer kenya yixin anagana an naxay nefko arii xathinimankan qoryaxa xaistan ey nagaxathan iney xuthuth galan oo nefkaini ey sogqabtan ama ey nafsathenaey ey ilaliyan.Translator: If these are our true soldiers who are supposed to be defending our lifes and property, we request the KenyaGovernment for follow up, or step down. If any animal is taken from our side, even from boarder, let them cross the borderand get our property back because it is their duty to protect our lives and property.Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Mithe kale screening karka.Translator: The other issue is the screening card.Mohamed Ibraham Omar: Cuthur weyn ban kaqabna screeninka.Translator: it’s a cancer, it’s a disease