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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me thank my colleague for bringing this Adjournment Motion after experiencing insecurity in her constituency. However, this is a national problem. It is all over. A lot of concerted efforts should be made by the security forces and all concerned to curb this menace. I find it a double-edged problem where security forces may have got their lapses and they are not doing what is supposed to be done and also we have got age-old cultures within our communities or some members of the Kenyan population who believe that cattle rustling is a way of life. Unless there is a lot of effort to remove this culture from these people, it is becoming a big problem. For instance, in my constituency which borders Isiolo and Samburu counties, we are losing animals and human beings every day and night because of cattle rustling. They usually come for these animals at a certain timeof the year, especially in December when they have some rituals and ceremonies in their places. So, we are prepared every end of the year for people to come for our animals. Until now they say that Meru is the ATM where they pick animals from. It is quite unfair. We also have a problem with our security forces, especially the police. For example, we are yet to recruit the lot which was supposed to be recruited the other time. There is a shortfall of over 10,000 police officers. The recruitment may be due again. So, we are talking of another 10,000. The security personnel who are supposed to be doing this job are also inadequate. Secondly, the security forces themselves and the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government, who was one of us in this House, should The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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