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"content": "these things that we have been fighting since Independence. I know the more I continue talking about this, they might come for my head. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is assumed that the only people who keep cattle and farm inputs in large numbers are the pastoralist communities. I come from a community that practices subsistence farming at the Kisii-Transmara border. We keep cattle. The issue of stealing cattle has threatened our coexistence between us and the Kalenjin community in the Kiango area where I come from, and Magenche. Previously, we used traditional methods of Kisii fighters called \"Chinkororo\" who would follow the footprints of the animals to know where they have been taken. However, with the proposal of this Bill, we are now embracing new technology. We will no longer use Chinkororo to track footprints of our stolen cattle, because there will be branding and marking. I do not know how we will ensure that we get the information of the subsistence farmer in the small compound who do not keep many animals. That would be a good step towards stopping stealing of cattle and farming inputs. Madam Temporary Speaker, some of these issues are because of unemployment. This proposal by Sen. Cherarkey goes a long way in addressing unemployment in this country because we have many young people who are unengaged. They lack any other source of income; they seek solace in stealing and selling cattle. Away from these small people, we have the cartels, as I have a mentioned, who steal animals in large numbers. I am daring Sen. Cherarkey to name the cartels who steal animals in large numbers and export meat to different countries. I hope this legislative proposal is also going to seize such kind of people. We make so many laws and regulations in this country, but enforcement of the same is a different issue altogether. Sometimes, we come up with proposals whereby we send a thief to catch a smaller thief. We should send a thief to catch the big thief. We should not want petty offenders to suffer at the expense of big thieves because we know them. Several reports have been done in the two legislative Houses. Why should we be running away from it is a question for another day. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a very good legislative proposal that has been brought by the Senator for Nandi. I know he is a man who means his word. The people of Nandi County are lucky to have such a person who is not threatened to speak his mind. This legislative proposal threatens most of the cartels who have made our people to continue being poor. This proposal will emancipate several people who are disadvantaged and their only hope is keeping cattle or farming. I support this Bill, which has come at the correct time. The other day, the Kenya Kwanza administration issued fertilizer to farmers. I do not expect that after farmers have been waiting for such a long time, their produce will to be stolen by someone who has been sitting and watching them from somewhere. This Bill is timely and good. Sen. Cherarkey, we support you."
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