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    "id": 624639,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/624639/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Article 240 is one of the greatest provisions of our Constitution. The fact that the Head of State of this country is required to provide an update on the state of security in our country, at least, once a year, is probably one of the most important provisions in our Constitution. I thank the President for obeying the Constitution each year and updating us on the state of security in our nation, particularly this time when we are facing so many internal and external threats. The only useful thing that should be included in this Report is some sort of feedback such that the President tells us how far we have progressed from what he proposed last year, so that we can assess our security issues. These issues are very important to our economy and lives. Nothing is as important as the safety of our country. I want to thank the people in our security apparatus, particularly the Cabinet Secretary of Defence. It seems that something is now happening in our country that makes us more confident. This makes us feel safe. The establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Centre is a very important step in the right direction. I want to speak on the issue of cattle rustling, which is part of our internal security problem. For some of us, cattle is everything. Every day, we have problems of cattle rustling. We have lost people, livelihoods and assets. Looking at this Report carefully, it is right in some areas, but tends to go off completely in other areas. The fact that we have many firearms in the wrong hands in northern Kenya is one of the things that cause cattle rustling. Our cultural attachment to cattle is also a problem. Poor infrastructure is another problem. The biggest problem in our areas is poor infrastructure. It is completely wrong that looking at the Budget of Kenya today, knowing that the cause of cattle rustling is partly poor infrastructure, very little money goes into roads in these areas. I ask the President to follow his Report and make sure that enough funds for infrastructure are provided. One thing that amazes me in this cattle rustling issue is the statement that lack of alternative livelihood is another cause of cattle rustling. I do not believe that just because the people of Nyanza fish, the people of Central Kenya grow coffee and the people of Kericho grow tea there is one livelihood in terms of what they do and that they go and steal other people’s coffee or fish. Some things are misplaced. Before I sit, if you consider the kind of threats we face from Somalia and the internal threats that we face from cattle rustling, this Report should only cover those issues, so that we do not spread ourselves too thin. There should be another report for issues like sexual violence. Including sexual violence in this Report makes it very broad and spreads us too thin. We end up not concentrating on the things that threaten our lives. I am not saying that sexual violence is not a big threat. It is a terrible thing, but it should not be in the same report as cattle rustling or the threat of terrorism that we face from Somalia. 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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