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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to support this Bill. Over the years, in Parliament, we have really tried to come up with Bills that can support issues surrounding cattle rustling and banditry in this country. Unfortunately, we have never seen any of those Bills seeing the light of the day. I remember in 2013, Sen. Naisula brought a Bill that was going to take care of that. More so, the issues between pastoralists and agriculturalists. Unfortunately, even that Bill has never gone through. I must confess that issues of pastoralism and banditry are not being taken very seriously in this country. Many Kenyans rely on pastoralism and livestock to eke their livelihood. However, most of the time when people are considering budgets and policies, livestock and pastoralism becomes a second thought. It is high time that we deal with banditry and livestock. Looking at the Bill, animal branding has been introduced. Branding, for some of us who are pastoralists, every community, clan or sub-clan has its branding traditionally. If my animal is being taken by somebody, automatically, I have a particular branding because I come from a certain community. Over the years, that has not assisted. Banditry and cattle rustling used to be a traditional issue where certain communities feel that when they go through a certain process, they should steal animals so they become heroes and get married. They would use the same resources to marry. That has completely changed. Cattle rustling and banditry has become a business. I have an issue with Isiolo County where our pastoralists are attacked by bandits from Samburu, Marsabit, Garissa and Wajir counties. Isiolo County has become a punching bag and we are boxed in a corner. We have even tried to use the provincial administration. I remember at one time, a former Provincial Commissioner (PC), Mr. Swaleh, was taken to Garissa to deal with banditry and cattle rustling. Mr. Swaleh tried and made sure any chief whose area was found with stolen animals, was removed from service. At that time, it really worked."
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