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"content": "a Member of the Committee which investigated the root causes of cattle rustling. Therefore, I am quite familiar with the information contained in this Report. I want to say that I participated fully in the Committee’s work. As a Committee we criss-crossed the country and more specifically, the areas which are affected by cattle rustling. You will find from the responses we got from the communities that the issues revolving around cattle rustling are cross-cutting. What happens between the Turkana and the Pokots, between the Turkana and the Samburu, and between the Samburu and the Boran is almost similar. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, even though we have been able to come up with the causes of cattle rustling and what we consider to be recommendations, our concern is the commitment from the Government. I say so because this is not something new. This is the domain of the Government. We have Government officers in all those areas. There are administrators, who are supposed to carry out administrative policies of the Government, and security personnel, who are supposed to oversee security. There are veterinary officers and if it is necessary to brand animals, they should be able to know the importance of branding animals. If you talk about the management of livestock, there are livestock officers. So, it is not something new. It is just a matter of Government commitment. The fact that we have been talking about marginalisation of communities in those areas, this one speaks for itself. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, just as it has been said, those who are involved in cattle rustling are the youth. You cannot expect an old man, or somebody who has a family, to engage in cattle rustling. So, the people who are involved are the youth. If there is a way we can minimise cattle rustling by prevailing upon the youth not to engage in this undesirable practice--- The best way to kill that kind of anti-social activity is through education. The Government knows that any educated person will never think of going into cattle rustling. Nobody is ready to lose his life. If somebody who is educated cannot get a job, he can engage in other activities that can generate income for him. These people practise nomadic kind of economy. That is their source of livelihood; when conditions become tough and people have to move with their animals, even those youths who are in school will abandon school and move with the animals, because that is where they get their daily bread from. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, when you talk about education, there are two critical things: One, primary education in this country is free and compulsory. So, we can use our administrative officers to ensure that children in their respective administrative units attend school. Every chief and assistant chief should be able to know that in a given family, there are so many children and, therefore, at least half of them should go to school. That way, we will be able to ensure that many youths go to school. Secondly, we should ensure that we retain youths in schools. The conditions out there are very tough. So, they follow their parents when they move about with their animals. Therefore, the Government should provide boarding facilities, so that when parents move around with their animals, the youth can be retained in school because they have got a place to stay. Those are some of the things we have proposed in this Report. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in every financial year, funds are allocated to the districts, but we do not see these things happen. We are not saying that it is only we,"
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