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    "id": 707838,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/707838/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to be very brief. I want to give it a lawyer’s touch. This is long overdue. When dealing with capital offences, cattle rustling has not been one. At the same time, I encourage my brother, the owner of the Bill, Hon. Sakaja, that we still need to do more at the Third Reading Stage so that these offences come out clearly. We have left out the issue of retribution. If somebody had cattle stolen and now it has been recovered---You can hear the hon. Member lost 1,000 goats. When the cattle or the livestock is recovered, we need to find a way to return the livestock. We need to find a way in this law of returning the recovered animals to the owners. There is the issue of marking. I also like the fact that you have brought in futuristic thinking of electronic equipment. We are thinking of going the way of Botswana of having our animals traced whenever they get lost. That has also been introduced in this Bill. I do not think the issue of theft, murder, robbery and rape have come out, though they appear in other sections of the Penal Code. We need to marry them again at the Third Reading Stage so that we get the offences right. When somebody engages in cattle rustling, they have an intention. They know by their act that somebody is likely to die. Therefore, it cannot be manslaughter. It is outright murder. That needs to come out really well. We need to properly associate it with cattle rustling and movement of livestock. The issue of theft has now been married well so that a chicken thief and a cow thief both get 15 years. That has come out very well. We also need to think of the cross border cattle rustling. This is with regard to the issue of Interpol and relationships with other countries. There are countries within East African Community (EAC) and those without such as Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan, although, South Sudan will join the EAC. During the Third Reading, I want us to come up with suggestions that make this law better. Otherwise, I congratulate Hon. Sakaja for it. This is a big move. Nobody has tried to amend the Penal Code for a long time. It has been eroded by many other Acts but this is a really a good move. I congratulate you. We will support you during the Third Reading Stage. I support the Bill."
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