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    "id": 666035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/666035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Bishop) R. Mutua",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mutemi Mutua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I would like to oppose this Motion very strongly. We are approaching this problem from the wrong side. We cannot approach this issue from the victims’ side. We should tackle it from the cattle rustlers’ view. We cannot have criminals who are hurting people and destroying properties and they are not dealt with, yet we are here trying to compensate the victims. The Government cannot set up a special fund for compensating cattle rustling victims because that is tantamount to saying we have given up and that we cannot clear that menace. Are we saying that we are hopeless as far as tackling cattle rustling is concerned? There is lack of political goodwill to end that menace. I am sure we could have cleared that problem if we had political goodwill from the leadership in those regions and the Kenyan leadership. We should not compensate. Rather, we should clear those criminal activities. It is important to note that those people are looking for alternative ways of life. We should give them a better way of earning their livelihoods, but not compensate those who are already hurt. What is compensation for lost life? Will money bring back lost lives? We cannot go that way."
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