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    "id": 765348,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Thuddeus Kithua Nzambia",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kilome",
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        "legal_name": "Thaddeus Kithua Nzambia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to make my Maiden Speech. I congratulate the people of Kilome Constituency for electing me overwhelmingly. I also take the opportunity to congratulate the siting Members of Parliament who are here, and those who made it back to the 12th Parliament. I will be very brief. The issue of cattle rustling must get a long-lasting solution. In the last three weeks, before the rains started, I had to rescue over 1,000 cattle from the Maasai community. I allowed them to bring their cows to my area. I have made several dams on my farm, but not everybody understands what I did. We had to agree as a community and allow them to graze their cows around Konza City on Mombasa Road, where we boarder them. The Government ought to come up with substantial solutions to this matter. As we look for food for the people who are in dry areas, we should set aside a budget for the pastoralists. We also encourage them, if possible, to sell the cows to the Government when they suspect that drought is about to set in. However, when they have enough pasture, they can buy them back. I also recommend that we constitute a committee in this House which will give us a report on the number of cattle that were killed. How can innocent animals be killed? We need a clear report. The committee should be constituted immediately, so that the owners of the cattle 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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