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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "content": "dealing with this as a serious crime and as a serious offence. But, I would like to take this opportunity, as I close and move, to really thank Members from the North Rift counties. In 2014, they were led by the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency William Ruto, who went on a tour of all these counties with these Members and preached peace. The Members of these counties were told that people in other parts of Kenya are engaging in stock exchange yet they are left in stock theft; they need to transition from stock theft to the stock exchange in Nairobi. I would also like to really thank the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) that is chaired by former Speaker, Hon. Francis Xavier Kaparo. Hon. Kaparo has shown a level of strength that was not expected from a man of his age. He has gone to each and every one of these villages I have mentioned and even more than we have. He has been reporting to our Committee that the law is not allowing him to do his work. This amendment is one step towards giving him the teeth to do his work to stop this untold suffering. I want to also recognise and thank a former member of this Committee who happens to be the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Interior and Coordination of National Government, Hon. Joseph Nkaissery. Maj-Gen. Joseph Nkaissery has actually supported this work. He has also shown that he has the time and energy. Understanding the issues, having been a member of this Committee, he has been able to ensure that we do not have as many cases of deaths and killings in the North Rift as they were before. He has led a process of disarmament in the North Rift that is starting to bear fruit. It is beginning to bear fruit. Of course, there are certain things we are proposing that need to be done. For example, I remember we were sitting with the young people in Turkwel, the border between Pokot and Turkana. Those young men told us: “We are ready to give up our arms. In fact, we have started doing peace missions together with the Turkanas and we could never see eye to eye. But when you do recruitment of police or the army or the National Youth Service, you are getting soft people. Recruit us. In fact, when you recruit us, you do not need to train us. We already know how to use these guns. Just tell us that these are the criminals and we will get them. Tell us where the Al Shabaab are and we will get them.” So we are appealing to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government as well as the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to do some preferential recruitment of young people from these areas where cattle rustling has been happening because they are telling us that: “Yes, we will stop doing this but, where else are we going to earn a living from? People are paying us to bring these cows to them. We are not taking the cows.” So, we need to find a way, even for the NYS to go there and establish itself in these cattle rustling prone areas. With those many remarks, I am glad I have seen my colleague, Hon. Sara Korere. They are dealing with these issues. Yesterday they were in the office of the Cabinet Secretary dealing with these issues. We heard what happened in that office and it is unfortunate that a fellow colleague in the office that is supposed to provide security, the office that is supposed to protect Kenyans, a fellow colleague who is a man, attacked Hon. Sara Korere in the office of the Cabinet Secretary of Interior and Coordination of National Government when we are dealing with the Bills around cattle rustling. So, we are telling that Member, if he wants to look for someone to fight, Hon. Sakaja has volunteered. I am a man. We can deal as men. I am sure Hon. Maanzo is also ready; Hon. Gikaria is also ready; and Hon. Savula, who comes from my home in Ingo and has eaten"
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