Abstract: The main aim of this study was to determine the social, political, and economic effects of cattle rustling in Baringo County. The study sought to answer the following research questions: What are the social, political and economic effects of cattle rustling in Baringo county? What are the challenges observed in trying to curb cattle rustling in Baringo? The theoretical framework for this study was the social cubism theory, supplemented by one of its components - the Alien Conspiracy Theory. The study revealed that cattle rustling in Baringo Sub-County was propagated by traditional practices, economic gains, illiteracy, marginalization and poor governance tendencies. The study concluded that cattle rustling had crippled various forms of development. For instance the right to life was being violated by the raiders who stole, killed and destroyed people and property. The right to food and property was also violated in the process of raiding which rendered the community to rely on relief food. The development of social and physical infrastructure was greatly stagnated. All these calamities had been linked to the causative factor- cattle rustling which called for the need to address the problem so as to pave way for effective development incentives. Thus the study recommended that the community should be enlightened on contemporary ways of life involving ways of adapting to the current times. In order to improve the situation on the area the government in partnership with nongovernmental organizations should engage in infrastructural development geared towards adopting development initiatives.
Keywords: cattle rustling, social, political, economic effects.
Title: EFFECTS OF CATTLE RUSTLING ON PASTORAL COMMUNITIES IN BARINGO COUNTY
Author: EGULE MAUREEN, BRENDA WANJIRU, KEVIN NJAGI
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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