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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ghati",
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity once again. From the outset, this is a topic that is very dear to me. It is dear because I also come from the Kuria community where cattle rustling is the order of the day. For those who are not aware, my community is in Migori. It borders the Maasais. I am happy that my colleague, Hon. Ngeno, from Emurua Dikirr has talked about it very passionately. This is an issue that we grapple with every day. Cattle rustling is not an issue of arid and semi-arid areas alone. Cattle rustling is a gender issue. Cattle rustling should be considered a national disaster in this country. Those people who do not come from areas or counties where cattle rustling is not practised have no clue what people who come from border counties where it is an issue go through. It is not the first time we are talking about cattle rustling in this House. I am surprised and I wonder why the Government does not consider cattle rustling a national disaster. The vigour and the zeal with which the Government is now doing voter registration should be the vigour and the zeal with which they address the issue of cattle rustling. It is a serious issue. It is an issue that needs serious attention. Where I come from on the border of Transmara in areas called Lolgorian, Masurura, Mashangwe and Kilgoris women do not even sleep in their homes because of cattle rustling. These are areas where children do not go to school because of cattle rustling. Even now, as we look at voter registration, we are not even sure whether we will reach these areas with the information about voter registration. How are these people going to vote for this Government if it does not address the issue of cattle rustling? How will my people find peace going to polling stations on the day of voting to vote for the candidate of their choice? We have said over and over that Maj-Gen. Nkaissery, the Minister for the Interior and Coordination of National Government, needs to be very serious. I know he is Maasai. He owns so many animals and maybe his animals are protected with electric fences. He does not understand what other small people who own small numbers of animals go through. He needs to be very serious. We have police officers who are stationed in these centres. They have been deployed there for over three or four years. They have become locals. Now they even engage in cattle rustling themselves. They are greater cattle rustlers than the natives. These are the police The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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