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    "content": "As we construct good roads, therefore, I think we also have to enforce the laws of this country. We have to treat cattle rustlers with as much ruthlessness as we treat other criminals. Look at what happened in Baragoi where 40 police officers died, but no one has been taken to court. That is very embarrassing to us. Last weekend when I was in Meru, I was told that some animals were stolen. The police followed these people, but they ended up in a certain valley where the police did not follow them. When they get to that valley, the police turn back. They do not get into that valley. They say that they need a chopper to follow the cattle rustlers once they are in the valley. The Government has not provided a chopper. Therefore, they are afraid. The cattle rustlers, as the Senator for Marsabit said, are better armed than our policemen. It is time, as a country, that we took not only infrastructure, but also the legal infrastructure more seriously. The laws should be enforced much more seriously. I beg to disagree with Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o’s generalization that any time there is a problem he has to go into the legitimacy of Government and theorise whether we are legitimately in power or not. I think this matter was closed by the Supreme Court which is the highest court of this land. I would like all Kenyans to know that whether they like the decision of the court or not, once it has pronounced itself, that is, indeed, the position; whether they believe it to be true or not."
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