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    "content": "has been made. The security personnel should be well equipped. If that does not happen, it becomes difficult for them to be effective. The issue of security should also be looked at from a holistic point of view. The Committee has come up with a number of recommendations. However, moving forward, we need to look it as a holistic problem. As we move into the election, we need to look at some level of mapping in terms of security matters. What are the issues? How can interventions be made in good time? We also need to know what sort of interventions need to be made. This is because we sometimes have duplication of action where one sector thinks that this is something for the military or the police. We also have armed reservists who can help where numbers have reduced. As I come to the end, I want to give a case of Laikipia County where there is infiltration of illegal grazers from neighbouring communities to specific farms because of drought. That has caused a big problem in that county. This is because you find somebody comes to graze their cows in another persons maize plantation while firing in the air. Their cows eat the maize and beans that have been planted by a particular family. There is nothing that can be done. Sometime back, these used to be illegal grazers who would come into the farms because they were looking for ways and means of feeding their cattle. However, as we move on now, these look like armed gangs. They know you are not going to stop them because they have the weapons. You can actually not stop them from doing that. This is causing a lot of problems because that farmer has put that maize there so that they have something to eat. It becomes a question of choice between who is going to eat this maize. Is it the person who has the cattle because of the importance of cattle for certain communities in Samburu, Laikipia up to Marsabit or the farmer? They must feed the cattle, yet they are infringing on somebody’s property? Various recommendations can be made to control stocks especially during drought. A clear policy should be put in place to control stocking. One organization can come and buy the livestock in advance before everything comes to an end. I think my time is almost up. I second."
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