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    "id": 665967,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/665967/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion by Hon. Cheptumo as amended. Let me say that cases of cattle rustling have become a big menace especially for us who come from pastoralist areas. Cattle rustling has left irreparable and negative socio-economic issues among many communities. As I speak, in Marakwet East, we are waiting to bury two people this weekend as a result of cattle rustling which happened two days ago. It is a very serious issue. We should not talk about cattle rustling casually like the Leader of the Majority Party who has said that these are young boys who go to get cows because they want to marry. Cattle rustling must be treated as robbery with violence. If someone comes to your home, takes away your animals, kills your wife, husband or children, that is robbery with violence. We should not look at it like these are young boys who are from initiation and want to get cows to pay dowry. For the last three months in Marakwet East Constituency, we have lost eight people. We still have 18 others in hospital and over 1,000 animals were taken away to Hon. Kamama’s constituency. It is very ironical that Hon. Kamama is the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security and together with his people of Tiaty Constituency, they have become a cause of insecurity across the entire North Rift."
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