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    "id": 782587,
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    "speaker_name": "March 21, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 5 Sen. Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we discussed it the first time in the House, I immediately invited the Senator of Samburu to a meeting with the Inspector General of Police and we started working on it immediately. However, some of the things that have been done there are not satisfactory to the Senator but the response is here. The Government is aware that there was a raid in Suyian area of Elbarta ward, Samburu North Constituency. They have listed the number of livestock stolen during the raid and the people who were fatally injured as Ldapon Lesiamito and Lmeretuni Lepoora, both of them Samburu males. There is also a list of another three who were injured and the assertion that the raid was a revenge mission by Turkana raiders following three recent incidence where Lokorach Nakholori aged 45 years and Karing Chuma aged 14 years were killed by Samburu morans and 45 camels stolen. The National Government and the county government are offering relief assistance to the residents through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). By that time, they had distributed 720 metric tonnes of maize and 300 metric tonnes of cooking oil. The report of the attack was made at Suyian Administration Police camp on 2nd February, 2018, which is ten kilometres from the area. The Administration Police at Suyian called for reinforcement from Marti Police Station and organized to track the stolen livestock. The officers followed the hoofmarks which were headed towards Suguta valley. Pursuant to the attack the Police Case File listed in the response was opened and is pending under investigations. The police have so far recovered 92 head of cattle and 440 goats and sheep belonging to the Samburu. In efforts to recover the livestock stolen, the Government is engaging Turkana elders at Marti, Charda and Soito Manyattas, whose youths are believed to be involved in the raid and are now hiding in Suguta valley. The police have also recovered 25 camels stolen from the Turkana by Samburu morans at Masikita area and arrested four people. The four were charged with the offence of stealing stock and the Section of the Penal Code is listed and the alternative charge of handling stolen property. The case is pending before court. Finally, peace initiatives between the Turkana and Samburu are ongoing in the area. The Government will arrest and charge anybody culpable appropriately. That is from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) but I must say that this answer would naturally not be completely satisfactory to the Senator. That is why we are inviting him and many other Senators from these cattle rustling areas to join the Committee as we pursue a holistic and comprehensive response to the problem of cattle rustling in our country."
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