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    "id": 765295,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulyungi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to empathise with the Kenyans who lost their animals. As we all know, livestock is life in our Kenyan culture. It is the centre of our hearts. We wake up with domestic animals, sleep with them and even take care of them during the day while grazing them. Therefore, loss of even one cow is a very serious business in our villages. Livestock gives us food, milk, manure and money to pay school fees and feed our families. It is a driver of our economy. Losing over 300 cows is not a small matter. That is a loss of close to Kshs20 million. In our villages, Kshs20 million is a lot of money. This matter has affected many families. It has affected both the old and the young. It is very sad for those who are supposed to guard us to turn the bullets on us and our animals. I take great exception to this. One would ask a basic question: Why should an officer go berserk and instead of dealing with cattle rustlers, vent his anger on animals? An animal is innocent and, therefore, should not be killed because of cattle rustling. They should struggle to save the animal because it is harmless. Killing a cow is like killing our livelihood. Where I come from, if you kill my cow, I kill you. There are no two ways about it. It is very dangerous to do that. I find this completely unacceptable. I stand with the Maasais who lost their animals. This is madness. It is irresponsible. Those who killed the animals must be held to account, irrespective of who they are. I am not sure whether they have been arrested. I am also not sure whether they are police officers or not. They should be looked for, handcuffed, taken to police cells whether they are policemen or not and arraigned in court for killing innocent animals. Finally, as we punish those who committed this heinous act, I urge the Government to look into how we can compensate the families which were affected by this act. I rise to support my colleague, Madam Tobiko, on this matter of national interest which should be treated and dealt with as such."
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