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    "id": 71108,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/71108/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Rege",
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        "legal_name": "James Kwanya Rege",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this good Motion. First, I would like to congratulate the Chairman and his Committee for the splendid job done in searching for a solution in this pestiferous cattle rustling in this country. Cattle rustling is a very old crime which is making a comeback in the face of availability of sophisticated crime prevention tools such as manned security, electronic security and the good old method of stamping our cattle. Recently, I was reading that they start stealing one cattle and eventually, they steal thousands of cattle for beef. Some of them, they just put them on trucks and transport them long distances for sale. It sounds so easy the way they do it. However, when they are caught, they are punished heavily. The fine ranges from US$10,000 or at least a minimum of five years in jail. There is one couple who lost 100 pregnant cows. So, they said they lost their cows and also their minds. But fortunately, when the trucks stopped at the pit stop, he forgot to lock up the truck properly and all the cattle escaped. So, they were extremely lucky. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, last month in Uganda, the Karamajong women decided to talk to the young ones. They persuaded them to drop their guns and stop cattle rustling in exchange for job opportunities. So, they approached the Government to put in place proper laws to stop cattle rustling and also provide job opportunities for them. It is the youth who are accused of involving themselves in cattle rustling because of poverty, marriage and beef, among others. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, cattle rustling in Kenya is fuelled by demand for illegal sale of beef, dowry, unemployment, famine and other reasons. The Kenya Government has tried to stop cattle rustling crime by using guns, but for how long? How many Kenyans will die because of cattle rustling? We need to put in place proper laws to prevent this? Is it true that this vice cannot be stopped? I recommend that the Government reverts to using the good old method of using mechanical stamping to identity cattle just as they do with vehicles. Any cattle which are more than six months old should be stamped appropriately and registered in the county. I believe that every home that has several heads of cattle should register them after they have been stamped"
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