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Tough legislation needed to stem cattle rustling

Evidence continues to mount that top politicians and businessmen with ties to security forces are linked to the decades-long wave of cattle rustling that has claimed thousands of lives. Along with it is a dangerous gun trade that continues to fuel insecurity in many parts of the country.

Some of the so-called ‘cattle warlords’ command armies of heavily armed youth whose job is to steal cattle or kill people, provoking Government officials to order disarmament raids in which even more thefts are reported.

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