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    "id": 707815,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Policies pursued by successive governments have failed to contain this menace because the traditional conflict-solving institutions have been undermined by the creation of administrative structures that are not subject to traditional institutions. Besides, the high level of unemployment and rising poverty levels amongst pastoral communities are fuelling this cattle rustling. It is no longer a cultural and traditional act. It has become a criminal and commercial affair. We must know that there is no word such as “cattle rustling” that exists any more. I want Hon. Sara Korere to listen, through you. She needs to listen because these issues are happening in her county as well. When you burn a house, it is not cattle rustling. It is arson. When you kill somebody, it is not cattle rustling. It is murder. When you use a weapon to steal goods and livestock from somebody else, it is not cattle rustling. It is robbery with violence. It must attract the penalty of those crimes because the people in the North Rift - from Lokwar Nakuse to Nginyang to Sindai, we went to all these areas, to Baragoi where we even signed the first peace deal ever between the Samburus and the Turkanas in Samburu County - have never seen peace. Until today, they have calm; they want disarmament; they want peace but, they want their lives to be as valuable as a life in Nairobi, as a life in Nyeri, as a life in Kisumu and as a life in Mvita. In conclusion, this Bill has been brought before this House after a lot of consultation amongst stakeholders. We have consulted pastoralists. We have consulted victims of cattle rustling and various Government agencies. I am glad that tomorrow, for the benefit of the House, I will be tabling a Report that follows our tours around these areas. The Report gives details of what people go through. So, when Members are contributing, they will be able to benefit from the insights the Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity gained through these tours. We have also undertaken a participatory research that included pastoralists. We have consulted with the Director of Veterinary Services. We went to the extent of summoning the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to tell us about this trade. People think about contraband business in terms of drugs only and in terms of arms but, there is huge contraband dealing in terms of stolen animals. The worst thing is that we are all eating those stolen animals and we do not know. This Bill is the first step to cure this menace of cattle rustling amongst pastoral communities and achieving harmony. For a long time, we have had a lacuna in the law. Once we pass these amendments, the lacuna will no longer exist. We can now modernise our approach to 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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