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    "id": 649582,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "destruction of other facilities such as schools and hospitals, which are burned, and boreholes are vandalised. Even water points are also destroyed. They end up having nothing. Their livestock is gone, their houses are burnt and there are no water points. They have nothing else to do. Children are denied education because they are unable to go to school. Mothers cannot give birth in the health centres because they have been displaced or the health centres have been burnt. The people are denied access to education, health care and other basic rights. These are the consequences of the cattle rustling menace. I would like to move to the fourth type of suffering. I am trying to show the country and this House the consequences of this challenge. As a result of the destruction of houses and loss of livestock, we have another set of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) arising from cattle rustling and not post-election violence. I want to go on record in this House that a victim of post-election violence whose house has been burned, store destroyed and who has moved from his house, is in the same condition as a victim of cattle rustling. This is because a victim of cattle rustling does not live in his house; does not have shelter, school or hospital because they are displaced. I want to call upon the Government to recognise the IDPs arising from cattle rustling and give them the same protection and care that we give to victims of post-election violence who have a fund of close to Kshs10 billion to support them. These Kenyans are as innocent as those who were affected by the post-election violence. There may not be any IDP centres in the case of cattle rustling but these people live in a unique way. After the violence and a lot of suffering, they integrate with their relatives or friends. They go and live with other people. They do not live in their houses. The absence of IDP camps in the case of cattle rustling should not be understood to mean that there are no IDPs. That is a very serious challenge that has caused a lot of suffering for our people. It is the same case, not only in Baringo North, Baringo South or Isiolo, but in any other place. When this happens, the kind of suffering mothers go through where they live in the bushes with their children is very serious. In the case of Baringo County, and in particular my constituency, we have faced this situation for the last 40 years, from 1977 to date. This is the situation that my people have gone through. If one was to go back and look at the factors that give rise to this situation, one would realise that the Government knows what they are. I do not want to go into that because I do not want to dwell on the issue of the causes of this menace. Our Government knows why this situation arises. As a result of this situation, over 3,000 cows have been lost in my constituency; over 6,000 goats have been lost; over 500 beehives have been destroyed; over 20 boreholes have been vandalised, over 2,000 houses have been burnt and over 1,000 people have been killed. Killing gives rise to thousands of widows, widowers and orphans. Over 2,000 people have been injured and maimed and over 15,000 people have been internally displaced over the years. This loss is untold. The value of property destroyed is not less than Kshs1.5 billion to Kshs2 billion. That is only in one constituency. I am sure my colleague, Hon. Kipchoim will have a story to tell. I am sure what is happening in Isiolo, Tana River and Wajir is a long story. I have just given an estimate. Even that estimate may not be the actual value but I want to show this House the extent of the challenge that we face."
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