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    "id": 175503,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Mover of this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is long overdue to suppress, remove or completely wipe out cattle rustling in our country. In the 21st Century, we are still having communities moving around causing insecurity, stealing property and destroying the livelihoods of other people. Cattle rustling is a disease. It is actually a cancer for this nation. It marginalises the pastoralist communities, especially the communities of Pokot, Marakwet, Samburu, Turkana and the ones in North Eastern Province. The Government should take serious measures to contain this menace. The root cause of cattle rustling is quite known. When you look at the membership of the Committee - the hon. Member did good research - the majority of the proposed Members come from cattle rustling prone areas. They will be able to contribute and give a lot of insight into how to tackle this problem. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are several measures we can undertake to deal with insecurity or cattle rustling. First, is the use of the security organs of the Republic of Kenya. We have the Provincial Administration in every district affected by cattle rustling. In those districts, we have a District Security Committee and intelligence. The security organs of every district go all the way down to the Assistant Chiefs. We want to know how come that if cattle are stolen from a particular location by one particular community, we cannot trace those animals? The Government needs to put in place a policy. Once the stolen animals move from one location to another, it will be the responsibility of the people of that location to ensure that those animals are recovered. It will also be the responsibility of the Assistant Chief, the Chief, the DO and the DC of that district to ensure that those animals are recovered. That is the only way in which we can curb cattle rustling. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of insecurity encourages cattle rustling. We have a lot of arms. The proliferation of small arms from Southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia has encouraged communities--- The Boran steal from the Samburu. The Samburu steal from the Pokot. The Pokot steal from Turkana. The Turkana steal from the Meru. And the Kuria steal from the Maasai, while the Maasai steal from the Kuria. The Kisii steal from the Maasai. This is a vicious cycle which we must stop. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to suggest that Hon. Members coming from constituencies where cattle rustling is prevalent should be held responsible whenever cattle rustlers---"
}