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    "content": "When these young people are arrested, sometimes they get away with very light sentences. I had hoped that we send a clear message that anybody found engaging in cattle rustling faces punishment the same way that we punish people who engage in robbery with violence. Look at the situation in Baringo; the youth come when they are armed to the teeth, sometimes even with AK47 rifles. They then attack a home, kill people and go away with cattle they have robbed. How can you be shy to call cattle rusting an offence equal to robbery with violence? That is for another day. I am now pricking the psyche of Hon. Kamama. I hear Hon. Poghisio intends to rejoin Parliament as Senator and I hope he will find time to read the recommendations in this book where on page 49 the Committee has also suggested that we must make legislative intervention. I want to see what intervention they are going to make. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to refer to a recommendation on page eight where they say that based on the findings of the Committee, it recommends that we increase county border patrols, deployment of more police officers to the area, among other recommendations. They are saying we increase more and more police. This is not a very innovative way of thinking, with due respect to the committee. The police come in because the problem is there and they are coming to arrest it. To solve this, the answer can only be one; education. We must build more nursery schools, specifically, more primary schools and increase the secondary schools. This is because the children must be educated right from early age that in the modern world, people do not earn a living from cattle rustling but from technical things, be it through computers or standard professions like yours, engineering, medicine and so on or an educationist like the young Hon. Kanainza. We must teach Pokots and Turkanas that that is the future. The future is not in cattle rustling. As I support this Report, I am aware that on page 50 they have referred to the role of bad politics which they have called political incitement. I support that view. It is true that politicians in some of these areas, specifically, West Pokot, Turkana, Baringo actually incite the youth either to sort out political differences or to be seen to be heroes preparing these young people to know that since this Member of Parliament or politician was funding their raids, he is material for a good leader who should benefit from their votes after they come of age. These politicians must be reined in. I remember only a few days ago, “ Baba ”, non-other than “ Baba ” himself. Can you imagine, Mr. Speaker, Sir? “Baba ” went to Turkana and they dared fire at him. If there is anybody in this country who thinks that firing at Hon. Raila Odinga is a good joke, that person better read what became of Rwanda in 1994 when Juvenile Habyarimana was shot. Then you will have reason to respect the fact that people like ‘ Baba’. Not that anybody should be shot, but not ‘Baba’ . If you shoot ‘ Baba ’ he will not go as an individual. He can go with three quarters of the nation. It is a very bad joke. I, therefore, want to condemn all those politicians including the politicians who mobilized goons last weekend against the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rally leading to what you all condemned. This kind of stuff cannot be entertained. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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