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    Socio-Economic Effects of Cattle-Rustling in Borabu Sub-County, Nyamira County, Kenya
    (IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, 2017-10-01) Anyango, Daisy Yvonne; Muhingi, Wilkins Ndege; Okuku, Michael Tedd; Mutavi, Teresia; Mwalw‘a, Shem
    The main aim of this study was to determine the socio-economic effects of cattle rustling in Borabu Sub-County. The study sought to answer the following research questions: What are the social effects of cattle rustling in Borabu? What are the economic effects of cattle rustling in Borabu Sub-County? What are the socioeconomic challenges observed in trying to curb cattle rustling in Borabu? The theoretical framework for this study was the social cubism theory, Queer Ladder Theory of Mobility, supplemented by one of its components - the Alien Conspiracy Theory. A parallel convergent mixed method was adopted whereby the researcher. Qualitative and quantitative data was collected the data concurrently, analyzed interpreted and the findings were in tandem with the study‘s objectives. The study targeted 90 youths, 97 cattle herders, 13 county education directors and school heads and 50 community members including elders and religious leaders of Borabu SubCounty. By using Fishers formula the researcher arrived at a sample size of 258 respondents. Simple random sampling procedure was used to arrive at 30 percent of the total population. Proportionate Stratified Sampling was used to select respondents from each ward. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented in pie charts as well as frequency tables while qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis also involving thematic organization and transforming data for analysis. The study revealed that cattle rustling in Borabu 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