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    "id": 401438,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/401438/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the Chairman to tell this Senate whether it is really the Government policy that anybody who is affected by cattle rustling should not be assisted at all. In his Statement, he said that there has been no compensation since Independence. I want to hear it categorically, because the people who have suffered as a result of cattle rustling are so many. They are not in West Pokot alone, but in many other parts of the country. We want to see a policy document, so that we can determine, as Senators, whether something needs to be done. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he also needs to come out clearly on the communication intelligence gathering. In Baragoi in Turkana and Samburu, where massive raids took place, there is no network connectivity. Could the Government liaise with Safaricom and other dealers to avail connectivity? That is the cheapest way of reaching the policemen, because you will find only two or three policemen in a police post and they have no vehicle and there is no good road. So, I think that the Chairperson needs to come out seriously and clearly and explain how this menace can be stopped, rather than treating it as a historical thing that can be wished away. We have Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as a result of cattle rustling, who should be treated the same way we treated the other IDPs."
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