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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion as amendment. I support it because I am one of the Members of Parliament of a community which has suffered greatly due to the menace of cattle rustling. That is why I say Members who are opposing this Motion do not know the experiences people go through when they lose their animals, and when their sisters, mothers and wives are raped. These are people who are left with nothing except rats and, maybe, cats. It is a disaster. It is said that it is the shoe wearer who knows where it pinches. Members of this House who have never experienced cattle rustling – those who live in cities and towns and those who do not live in marginalised areas where communities steal animals - do not know exactly what it entails. My community borders Isiolo County. The communities in Isiolo County embraced the culture of cattle rustling from the word go. They do it with impunity every time they come to steal animals from my constituency and Meru North Constituency. They do this all the time. The stolen livestock are taken away, and security personnel pursue the raiders. You will find the leaders in those communities, who should be educating their people that cattle rustling is a bad culture which should be killed and buried as a dodo, are the ones perpetuating the same. They are the ones encouraging their people to steal cows. This is because they share them when they cross River Ewaso Nyiro. The chiefs, assistant chiefs, Members of County Assembly (MCA) and, I am 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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