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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot put it better than you have done. What we are saying is that leaders should provide the leadership. Let them not be fickle and be led by public opinion that is, sometimes, wrong. Provide leadership to your people; direct them to better ways of earning a living other than cattle rustling. In conclusion, I want to say that even though the Government has been trying to resolve the problem, it has still not done enough, especially in Meru North. The Government has been promising us that a fully fledged police station will be put up at Ndamuru area, which is one of the main routes of cattle rustlers. But that has not been done. There was also a promise to put up a fully fledged police station at Ndahaba. That has not been done. There was also a promise to put up a fully fledged police station at Kambela, but that has not been done. The police officers who are there are few. There is no transport and even when raiders come, you do not expect the police to pursue them on foot. There is no transport and so, when the raiders come, they take the cows because they know the police are helpless because they do not have the relevant equipment. They do not have the vehicles to pursue the raiders. Even though the routes and periods when the raiders come are known--- We are telling the Government to wake up to this reality and take its responsibility fully. But, generally, the Report is good because it is making recommendations on what the Government can do to beef up security in those areas and to assist those communities to settle down and do other meaningful activities. So, generally, I support the report. What I was opposed to is those insinuations that there was collective punishment and cows were taken and not given to the rightful owners. But, generally, I support the recommendations that have been given by the Committee. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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