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    "id": 718020,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rotino",
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        "legal_name": "Philip Lotiolo Ruto Rotino",
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    "content": "cattle rustling as such; it is just theft - we have reduced it to theft. Members of Parliament have worked hard to bring down cases of cattle rustling through committees which have been formed. But, we still have a long way to go. That is why we request the Government to come in and assist us. We are requesting the Government to give us Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) because the regular police force is not able to manage. When you hear there are animals being stolen, the police do not intervene. They look for the KPRs because they are locals, to deal with the issue. We have requested, time and again, the Government to visit the area and understand what the problem is really. One of the problems we face is high levels of illiteracy among our people. In my constituency, for example, I have a whole ward where the level of literacy is very low. In my own constituency, it just one location that is troubling everybody. The rest of the area is okay. Therefore, we are telling the Government to help us build infrastructure. Let us build boarding schools. Let us have mobile schools and centres to put these people in one place. When we give them those strategies and plans, implementation is not there. Several times we have gone to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to tell him to visit the area and see what is happening, but the CS continues to sit in the office comfortably. He is not even thinking of those areas because to him, it is not a priority. We plead with the CS to call all Members of Parliament from Turkana, Pokot and Marakwet and have a meeting in his office. He needs to put resources to those areas so that we can arrest this problem. Otherwise, many people are going to die every now and then because the Government---"
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