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    "content": "With regard to cattle rustling, our people in the entire north eastern region and even in parts of Turkana, Samburu and Narok are still doing what we call economic cattle rustling, where people go to other communities and steal animals. This causes a lot of conflict. The practice overwhelms security operations personnel, erodes traditional conflict management mechanisms, adversely impacts pastoralists’ mobility and triggers ethnic tensions, which hamper development and exploitation of natural resources. When you also look at issues of cross-border conflicts, Kenyan communities living along borders have continued to experience conflicts with those in neighbouring countries, namely Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. A classic example is that of the Karamojong near Uganda. There is always conflict between two communities. They are either fighting due to cattle rustling or other reasons. In my own constituency, the pastoralist communities that are living in my area are always fighting with those in Uganda and Tanzania. The other issue is land conflict. Land ownership is an emotive issue in Kenya and has been a central theme of politics. We all know the land issue in this country has always been one of the sources of conflict. Land-related conflicts have historically taken the form of evictions, squatters’ problem and non-utilisation of land by individuals. Lastly is the issue of human-wildlife conflict, particularly in communities that live around parks. There is always conflict between wildlife and communities that live around national parks. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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