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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues in supporting this very important report. First, let me thank the Chairman, Mr. Kaino for the true leadership he has provided to this Committee. I note with appreciation the very good content in this report. I would urge the Government to make sure that this report is given full implementation after it is passed. We realize that this will be one way of reducing cattle rustling. It will also create peace and tranquillity in this area. We have noted in this report that innocent people have lost their lives. Some people have been murdered in certain situations and even massacres have taken place. Huge number of people has been displaced. This trend must be discouraged and stopped immediately. Loss of property has also been noted. We have seen in the media, huts, manyattas and schools being burnt down. This trend must not be seen in the current modern Kenya. The social fabric has been affected and people left desperate and almost losing hope in the Government. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have also noted the critical role played by the community leaders in those areas. We would be calling for continued engagement and consultation. In some areas, where leaders have come together to discuss peace and return of animals stolen, this has really created a peacefully environment. We would, therefore, urge the elders in this region to continue engaging one another, so that the issue of insecurity and cattle rustling is brought down. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it has also been noted that water has been a very major concern. We have seen young girls and old women travelling long distances in search of water. At times, they dig very deep wells, looking for that precious commodity. It is, therefore, important that the Government takes this development very seriously by way of providing boreholes to those regions. If boreholes are provided, generally, employment will also be created for the youth. Subsistence crops, including maize, will also be grown, thus creating employment for our youth. It is, therefore, important for the Government to change this environment by providing enough water to those areas. Light industries must also be created in those areas, because we realise that when investors come to this country, they are attracted to invest in Nairobi and in other high potential areas. This region must be given due attention. The youth in that region must"
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