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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill has prescribed what should be done when you are found transporting cattle without licenses. You will be jailed for a term not exceeding 12 months. It is saying if you are dealing with animals, and you are slaughtering animals whose background you do not know, you will go up to 20 years in jail. That is what we are supposed to be implementing so that whoever is dealing with animals will always want to find the background of that animal. Just like we do with vehicles; before you buy a vehicle, you have to check. We leave this burden to the slaughterhouses to check with the Government whether this animal is registered so that they can deal with it. Otherwise, let us remove the burden on the owner of the animals. With that, we should try this in the counties where cattle rustling is prone. I would suggest in the amendment, that we remove some of this livestock like poultry. I am trying to imagine branding a chicken. I am trying to imagine that you have a chicken for about 45 days, from one-day-old chick to 45 days when Ken-Chick and the others are coming to buy it yet the Bill is talking about applying to register and then waiting for 30 days. So, knowing how counties work, I believe we should remove poultry from this category. Let us deal with cattle. If it works with cattle, we introduce all the other animals. I have not heard about pig rustling. So, let us deal with cattle for now within the counties where this menace is rampart. So, with that, I support but we will be bringing amendments to the Bill. Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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