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    "id": 702748,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/702748/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Ng’ang’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 54,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
        "slug": "joseph-kiuna"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is very shameful to talk about cattle rustling in this country after getting Independence over 50 years ago. It is high time the communities which normally practise cattle rustling as a way of life and of earning money and getting their daily bread, changed that attitude. It is very painful to hear that some lives have been lost or some people have been injured in the process of cattle rustling. It is an outdated practice which should be condemned and disregarded by those who practise it. It pains me a lot when I hear that there are some people who are killed, injured or their property and cattle stolen. It is the high time those people changed their attitude. It is very important for the leadership of those communities to sit down and try to educate their residents on the fact that cattle rustling is outdated. It is high time that the leadership of those counties which are fighting and killing each other because of cattle rustling know that they are not assisting their people. There is no gain they will get by encouraging cattle rustling. In some areas, it is the leadership of those communities who fund and aid cattle rustlers. They are well-known. After doing so, they take whatever they steal to their masters. From there, they take it for sale in various markets. It is very painful to hear that some Hon. Members and even governors are encouraging their community. I come from Rift Valley and I know that cattle rustling or tension is not created by ordinary mwananchi. It is the leadership of that particular area which engages and sometimes funds the community to arm themselves and fight or steal the other community’s cattle for their own selfish benefits. As you blame the Government, we need to first blame the leadership of those particular areas where we have cattle rustling because they are the ones encouraging it by mobilising security personnel through transferring those who are in charge of security in that area. It is high time the leadership of those particular areas which are highly affected desisted and maintained peace and harmony."
}