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    "id": 708197,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/708197/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angatia",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2153,
        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
        "slug": "ayub-savula-angatia"
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    "content": "whereby we are using the community policing unit to assist us to identify the suspects in the society and hand them over to the police. This Bill is so important that it will eliminate the cattle rustling menace that has been experienced in areas like West Pokot, Baringo and Turkana. The characteristics of a suspect involved in robbery with violence are exactly similar to the characteristics of a cattle rustler who has shot and killed victims in the process of executing the criminal act. Therefore, I would urge the Committee to move some amendments and ensure that where victims lose lives and stock, there is a section in this Penal Code that treats the matter as robbery with violence and attracts stiffer penalty than the sentence for a term of not less than 15 years. We should not be lenient to these people. In this time and era, a whole Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya moving in villages, chairing security meetings involving cattle rustlers? It is a shame for this country. We need to put in place stringent laws that will end this menace once and for all. Secondly, I will also request that we move further and involve fully the county governments in taking stock of how many cattle are in particular homesteads so that when you acquire more, you are liable to explain to the county government where you got the extra stock from. The issue of veterinary services is devolved. Lastly, I also condemn the incident that happened at Harambee House where a female Member of Parliament was assaulted by a man. He should face us men, and not deal with small ladies in this House. They are our girls."
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