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    "content": "had been skirmishes for a couple of months where herds of cattle had been stolen and lives lost. The hon. Senator wanted to be informed on:- (i) The action the Government is taking to use the security agencies such as the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) and the Administration Police to reinforce the Kenya Police which has been overwhelmed. (ii) To give an updated report on persons killed and cattle stolen and what compensation can be given to those adversely mentioned. (iii) The extent of the investigations to establish those who had been killed and the safety of their families. (iv) The extent of Government action in ensuring that local leaders sit together to deliberate on the possible solution and ensure that there is long lasting peace between the two communities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to state that in the last six months, several incidences of assault have been reported along the Nandi/Kisumu border. In most of these cases, livestock have been recovered, suspects arrested and charged in court. An incident of particular interest is one that happened on 25th May 2013, within Nyamboro Village where four people were killed and during investigation, one suspect, Kabur Kipchumba, was arrested and charged for murder. However, when the file was forwarded to the DPP for perusal and advice, the State Counsel was of the opinion that there was no adequate evidence to sustain a charge of murder and, therefore, the suspect was released while investigations continued vide police case file No.CR.603/86/213. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the following are the number of cases of stock theft detected in the last six months and subsequent action by the police. The cases that have been reported are 34, the number of livestock stolen were 108, the number of livestock recovered were 76, the number of cases taken to court were 16, the number of cases convicted were 14, pending enforcement before court are two, under investigation and pending arrest of unknown suspects 18. The Government has put in place formal measures. The Ministry intends to establish an Anti-Stock Theft Unit Camp at Kopere to serve both Tinderet and Muhoroni districts subject to the availability of resources. Two, establish an AP post at Ngeta and Ruga Farms. Three, mobile police patrols have been intensified along the border line. Four, communities living along the borderline are being sensitized on peaceful co- existence through peaceful barazas . Police have enhanced partnership with the public through community policing initiative to enhance information intelligence gathering on criminal activities with a view of creating strategy on crime prevention. Lastly, the Ministry does not have a budgetary allocation for compensating victims of cattle rustling. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, I was supposed to give a report on the outstanding Statements. I want to report to you that in my committee, we have eight outstanding Statements. We have written to the Cabinet Secretary concerned to ask him to give us answers to all of them, possibly in the next two weeks. Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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