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    "speaker_name": "Laikipia County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jane Kagiri",
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    "content": "neighbours but, in many instances, we have neighbours who keep antagonising us and thus affecting the residents of Laikipia County. Our challenges are cattle rustlers and if not them, it is the illegal grazers who come to disturb us. The greatest challenge is that we know the corridors where those cattle rustlers pass. Any Member in this House knows how fast or slow a cow walks. When someone says 200 cattle have been driven away, if security had the intent and the purpose of catching up with those cattle rustlers, they would be able to do so. In this day and age, we have technology like drones and armoured vehicles which, if our system agrees to use, it will be easy to end cattle rustling in Laikipia County. It is also good to mention that seven of the 15 wards in my county are being antagonised. I will give an example of Githiga Ward. We even know the corridor that the cattle rustlers use. There is Mlima Jangili, Matweku and Mitaro. Those places are well known even to the security people. This is where cattle rustlers pass, but the security people have been unable to stop those people. In Ol-Moran, Wangwachi, Salama Ward and Checkpoint, there are issues. Two weeks ago, they killed an elderly man at Checkpoint. In that instance, the Senator and the area Member of the County Assembly (MCA) tried to pursue the cattle rustlers. And with the assistance of some sniffer dogs, they found them in a certain house. It would have been a different story if the cattle rustlers had seen them approaching. As leaders, we have been forced to become security agencies on the ground because those people have refused to work. It is our plea to know the structure that is going to be used for security in our areas. As mentioned by our colleague earlier, it seems the security forces receive instructions from somewhere else. I would like to go by the good book, the Bible. Leviticus says an eye for an eye. In our instance, a cattle rustler kills our people, but when it comes to their arrest, they are treated with baby gloves as if they are special. The justice they dispense to our people should be the same justice meted out on them. I speak of seven wards that are experiencing insecurity. We all know where the insecurity is coming from. Recently in Sosian Ward, our MCA was almost killed as he was pursuing cattle that had been stolen there. As a Member for Laikipia County, I want to join my colleagues in saying that the time has come. If we deliver nothing else for our people, we must deliver security. Security must be restored in Laikipia County, now and not later. Our chiefs also need to be given powers. Chiefs walk out in the middle of the night to assist our people, but they are stopped from giving any instructions to the security forces. It is time we get to know the person that should give instructions for our people to be secure. We are demanding for it. We can no longer keep pleading for it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Adjournment Motion."
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