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    "id": 1401890,
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    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join my two colleagues, Hon. Sarah Korere and Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri, in expressing my disgust at those incessant acts of banditry and cattle or livestock theft in those areas. I really want to subscribe to their sentiments to a large extent. We need to look at the root cause of all this. I am not privy to what goes on there in detail. However, my understanding from what I have been told is that this is no longer just a way of life as we were made to believe when we were young; that cattle theft or banditry is a way of life. No! It has become a pure economic activity. Therefore, it calls for a more in-depth look at what can be done to address the economic situation of the people living in those areas. If they get more gainful economic engagements, perhaps, they will slowly move away from those nefarious activities. That is food for thought. It is the duty of the Government of the day to address those concerns. My second point is tied to the first one. You know, if this banditry is contained, it would create a conducive environment for more meaningful economic activities to take place and in the long run, it will not only help the people who are not only living in those areas, but the whole country. If every single part of the country is economically active or productive, it will contribute to the overall economic development of the country. So, it is incumbent upon the Government of the day to address this issue in a holistic manner. What we have tended to see from time to time are knee-jerk reactions that seem not to be yielding fruits. I am not a security expert like my good friend, Hon. Rasso, but I am not too dumb to see the trends. In the recent past – and this is my own observation – we have done very well as a country and I must commend the current leadership of the National Intelligence Service. We have done so well in containing terrorism in this country. We have done very well in combating terrorism and terrorist acts in the recent past. I attribute this - in my own way - to the National Intelligence Service. However, the question that comes to my mind is: Why can we not use the tactics we have used in containing terrorism in the recent past in dealing with this menace? Is this menace too complex to be dealt with conclusively? Hon. Rasso, you may tell me that after this. What is it that this banditry entails that is so complex for the Government to deal with for the benefit of the country? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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