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    "id": 133294,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M’Mithiaru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 72,
        "legal_name": "Ntoitha M'mithiaru",
        "slug": "ntoitha-mmithiaru"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a case in point where a police officer is engaged in burning of charcoal, thus degrading the environment. When cases of cattle theft are reported, the police are not there to follow up the issue. This is an issue I have even brought to the attention of the Police Commissioner himself. So, we cannot take security for granted. I know that they require physical facilities, including buildings and vehicles. In particular, I have a case where we have two police stations that have no vehicles at all. So, even when there are cattle raids, the police are not able to move. They cannot move on foot. They are also human beings. These are issues I brought to the attention of the Commissioner of Police. Lare Police Station and another one called Dumuru are located in hubs of cattle rustling, yet there is nothing happening there at all. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, security roads are very important. My constituency bears the brunt of cattle rustling from various surrounding communities. I have talked about a road leading from Isiolo to a place called “Gachuru” in Garbatula, and another road from Lare to Dumuru, but nothing has happened to them. When cattle have been stolen, police have to move using these roads, but they cannot because of the bad terrain. I am so much concerned, in particular, about the issue of cattle rustling, which the Provincial Administration and the police are unable to curb as of now. We used to get stories such as “the hand of the Government is long”, but it is like the hand of the police is now shorter, because they are not pursuing the issues that they are supposed to pursue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was an incident when cattle from my community were stolen. They were followed. They reached a place called “Shaba”. They said: “We cannot pass through here because that gang is better armed than the police.” What are we doing here if there can be gangs that can defeat the security forces of this"
}