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    "id": 1367788,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "the law enforcement into the dealings and assets. I am proposing that if we find you as a financier of livestock theft and cattle rustling and banditry, the courts can order your investigation and have your assets frozen. Those assets can be recovered because we will believe that is what was used. We are killing the head. We are not going for small bandits who run around in Kerio Valley, among other areas. We are going for financiers. The other point is on public awareness. We shall ensure that we sensitize the public on the same, which that is the work of counties and County Executive Committee Members (CECMs). The CECs have a role of ensuring branding and appointment of inspectors. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are now giving the option of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). We appreciate where Sen. Tobiko and others come from value ADR. The County Executive shall collaborate with elders and gate keepers of communities in promoting the use of community dispute resolution, including mediation and determination of any disputes regarding livestock theft. Where Sen. Tobiko comes from, sometime they allow ADR on livestock theft. Where you come from, in the past, you could not get married without participating in as a form of ritual or initiation into adulthood or marriage. So, we propose that we have ADR. Even our Constitution allows ADR. If you offend this law, we are proposing less than five years of imprisonment or imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both. After we pass this Bill into law, the Cabinet Secretary will ensure the registration and identification of livestock, removal or convenience of livestock, management of livestock centres, sensitisation and charges or fees to be paid by the registrar under this Act. So, we are giving power. I know there exists the Stock and Produce Theft Act and a Penal Code prohibiting livestock and produce theft. I know there is Penal Code 278 of the criminal procedure code. My intention in this Bill, with the support of the Senate and National Assembly is-- - The point I wanted to insist on is that for this areas to stop cattle rustling and banditry, let us be deliberate in terms of development. Let us ensure equity. I am happy the President said that this is the Government that will wipe out cattle rustling across the country. My heart goes out to the many families who have lost their livestock and loved ones because of this insecurity. I urge the Minister of Education to move with speed and establish education and rehabilitation centres. I went to West Pokot and I was happy that during campaigns, the President presided over a harambee to rehabilitate the Morans who used to participate in cattle rustling. We must build rehabilitation centres through the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. Madam Temporary Speaker, I encourage the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to also equitably distribute the National Police Reservists (NPRs). We have heard arguments that certain communities have armed NPRs while others are unarmed. I am proposing that the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) simply hires young people or the reformed bandits as police officers because they understand the terrain. Let them be sent to the terrain of Kapedo, Tiaty, North Rift and Northern Kenya The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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