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    "id": 1382094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "It looks like these are organized criminal activities. This specifically points out to an organized way of doing business. This is somebody's business. Sometimes, back when there were piracy issues in our oceans and water bodies, somebody made a remark and convinced me that pirates cannot survive and do their business without support from the ground. I relate that with the criminality of banditry and cattle rustling. It is criminal and must be dealt with in the same way other organized criminal activities are dealt with. The act of banditry and cattle rustling disrupts lives. They are activities that distract the people's livelihoods, resulting in the loss of life. They disrupt life to the extent that schools cannot go on. With our policy in this Republic of education for all, it means that there are certain regions that do not have their school calendars as expected. Finally, these students do the same examinations and are rated like other Kenyans. This must concern us as leadership, Parliament and the Executive. This criminality disrupts schools and health services. Once the people are displaced, they cannot get the usual services that they get. So, what happens to them when they fall sick? What happens to the ones that go to school? What happens to their normal everyday business? Banditry and cattle rustling result in the displacement of people. So, when there are advertisements by the county or the national Government, some people fear going for jobs in those areas. This means that people in cattle rustling and banditry prone areas lack the equitable skills that other regions get from all Kenyans. In this country, anybody can work anywhere. In our villages, young men who would want to work in those areas are hesitant when adverts are made. This means that the people in those areas need help to acquire the required skills that they should be having. Madam Temporary Speaker, cattle rustling being a crime, investigations must be done to unearth the masterminds of these activities. Banditry should be treated as an extreme act of criminality. There must be investigations from the investigative arm of this Government so that the masterminds of these criminal gangs are unearthed. We have a policy where proceeds from criminal issues like money laundering are mapped and returned to the state. Why can the investigations not be done? Proceeds from such acts of banditry and cattle rustling must be mapped and declarations made about the proceeds, so that they are ploughed back into the economy of this country. As the people behind these criminal activities are mapped, I suggest that they must also be named and shamed. This is because they are causing great loss and disruption of activities to our people. Other than investigations being done, these people must be named, shamed and prosecuted. In my constituency, there has been a practise where people wake up and find sheep, goats, and cattle knifed in the middle of the night. This was a usual occurrence sometimes back in my constituency in Ndhiwa. We are talking about those criminal gangs. What would be the purpose of such acts of criminality? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services, Senate."
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