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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiilu",
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        "legal_name": "Peter L. N. Kiilu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee, I would like to give special thanks to hon. Members who have spoken in support of this important Motion, particularly the Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. This Report is based on a fact-finding mission. We made our report. It is not based on hearsay. I urge this House to adopt the Report so that the Ministry can implement it. Security is very important in this country. We are very concerned, as the Administration and National Security Committee, when certain parts of this country experience insecurity. Poverty reigns because people from those areas cannot go on with their daily activities due to insecurity. Cattle rustling and banditry is a vice that this Government has a duty to stop. I am happy that the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security has accepted to do so. As I push for the adoption of this Report, I urge the Ministry to pay special attention to one of our recommendations - to ensure that communities which suffer from cattle rustling enjoy peace. The Government, as it carries out those operations, must do so in close consultation with stakeholders. The Minister has just talked about carrying out operations. However, as we carry out operations, we must carry them out in close consultation with our neighbouring countries, particularly Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda, where small arms find their way into this country. We must secure our borders so that those who are affected by cattle rustling can attain some security. The Government should not take pride in saying that it has added more security officers in those areas or added more police reservists. Recruitment of more police reservists is not the solution. The solution lies in the Government making sure that our international borders are secure and that no more firearms find their way into this country. Therefore, the Government has a duty to allocate money to secure our borders at all times. Secondly, the Government must approach this issue from different directions and ensure that infrastructure, particularly roads, are improved. The Government should talk to telephone providers to ensure that those areas have good communication so that when there is an attack; wananchi can get in touch with security personnel and report the cases. As a way of enhancing and discouraging young men from practising moranism and cattle rustling, the Government must create incentives in form of economic activities that would dissuade young men from cattle rustling. In the area we are talking about, tourism has been active and we are urging the Government to ensure that tourism is revived by way of providing security in the parks. Secondly, we should find a way of ensuring that young men and women in those areas attain formal education so that they can stop participating in the vice. With those few remarks, I would like to urge this House to adopt this Report as presented in this House and supported by hon. Members."
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