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"content": "Therefore, three questions arise: has cattle rustling caused a serious disruption of the functioning of the community or society? The answer is yes, in fact, a big yes. Two; has cattle rustling caused widespread human, material, and economic loss and suffering? Again, the answer is in the affirmative. Thirdly, does the suffering caused by cattle rustling exceed the ability of affected communities or society to cope using its resources? Yes, because the affected communities have tried their best to resist and fight, but they have not been able to because they are unable to use their resources to cope. I therefore have been able to justify to the House that indeed, cattle rustling should be declared a national disaster. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, five regimes have not been able to sort out this problem. As I said, cattle rustling started in 1977, particularly in Baringo North, when my village, Kalabata, was raided. I was in primary school at that time. At that time, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was the Head of State. President Moi took over one year later and this menace persisted throughout his leadership of 24 years. He tried his best, but he was unable to sort out this problem. President Kibaki then took over for the third regime in our country. He tried his best, but he was unable to. Then, Uhuru Kenyatta, came in. He also tried his best, but he was unable to. Finally, now we have President William Samoei Ruto, the fifth President of the Republic who is trying his best. He declared that he would sort out this problem. I am very hopeful and optimistic that, due to the commitment we have seen so far, the Government of William Ruto will indeed be the Government that will sort out this problem. I thank the President because he has made this public and put in place certain measures that I do not want to disclose here. I believe that when all these structures and efforts are implemented, we will have this problem come to an end. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally, recently we lost our Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) and 12 other Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) officers in a plane crash. If cattle rustling and banditry never existed in the country, maybe we would have our CDF alive today. The blood of our late CDF, our soldiers who perished in the same plane crash, the police officers and the Kenyans shed during this time, should inspire us to make this issue a serious national disaster. The CDF and the other staff were going to oversee the reconstruction of schools that were destroyed by bandits and visit the KDF officers who are dealing with this situation in the North Rift. Therefore, we are talking of a situation where even our CDF lost his life because of this menace. I appeal to the House to rise to the occasion and pass this Motion. When the House passes this Motion, I appeal to the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration to implement it because it is worth doing so. I also thank him for the effort he has made."
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