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    "id": 666071,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Tobiko",
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        "legal_name": "Peris Pesi Tobiko",
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    "content": "community that has embraced education. It is a community that has addressed other ways of economic empowerment and it is a community that believes in women as leaders even now. I would like to tell our brothers from the north that cattle rustling is nothing to glorify. Cattle rustling is something to be ashamed of. It is something that leaders from those areas must bring to an end. I sympathise with the victims, particularly women and children, because whenever there are such issues, the people who are affected most are women. By supporting or setting up a fund for cattle rustling victims and declaring cattle rustling a national disaster, we will be oiling the wheels of the cartels that perpetuate this menace. We are made to believe or understand that this menace is an economic crime that begins right from Nairobi to those areas. The Government must put mechanisms in place to follow and investigate the crime to its logical conclusion and know those who are perpetuating it. Most times, it is perpetuated by those who are able against those who are not able. I urge my colleagues to look at it differently as something that must be brought to an end. I would appreciate it if our colleagues, pastoralists from other areas, would talk about a fund for drought management than a fund for compensating cattle rustling victims. I also know that Government officers in other places perpetuate this crime. During the dry season, when our cattle go towards Tsavo National Park, around Chyulu Hills at a place called “Oloirien”, you find that the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers are the ones who use guns to take cattle from the community. From there, it becomes a perpetual problem during the dry season. This is not a problem of the community but a crime. We cannot glorify it. I urge the Government to guarantee security to the victims. It is unfortunate that Kenyans continue to live in fear or in a situation of want. I urge Cabinet Secretary, Maj-Gen. (Rtd.) Nkaissery - I know he is doing a very good job - to continue handling this situation. It has normalised in a few areas. Hon. Grace Kipchoim, who is a Member of the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity, has reported to the Committee that there is progress. If we continue in that direction, we will be able to address the issue of conflict. We will also be able to address the issue of cattle rustling and build infrastructure in those areas. We will bring those communities of this country - Kenyans who are very deserving - to the level where other communities are. Although I sympathise with the victims, we cannot help to perpetuate the crime."
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