DECLARATION OF CATTLE RUSTLING AS A NATIONAL DISASTER & ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL FUND F…
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DECLARATION OF CATTLE RUSTLING AS A NATIONAL DISASTER & ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL FUND FOR VICTIMS THAT AWARE THAT, cattle rustling is a major menace and security threat in the South and North Rift regions and some other regions of the country; CONCERNED THAT, the menace has since left irreparable and negative socio-economic impact which include but are not limited to increased number of widows, widowers , orphaned children ,poverty, displacement of people leading to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS), disruption of educational programs and other economic activities owing to the destruction and/or closure of educational, health and other institutions; FURTHER CONCERNED THAT, the people living in the affected regions have been denied the enjoyment of their social, economic and political rights as guaranteed to them under the Bill of Rights as enshrined in Chapter Four of the Constitution; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves that the National Government through the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and in collaboration with the Council of Governors: 1. Declares cattle rustling a National Disaster; 2. Establish a National Task force on cattle rustling to: (i) Investigate the causes of the rampant cattle rustling in the said region and the Country at large; (ii) Establishes extent of loss and damage the cattle rustling has occasioned to the communities in all the affected Counties; 3. Create a special fund for mitigating the losses suffered by and in compensating all victims of cattle rustling and settle all internally displaced persons occasioned by the menace
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Dropped by Deputy Speaker on Wednesday 26.07.23 Morning Sitting
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