1.   Officials often complained that the victim of cattle theft preferred paying the ransom to instituting a court case.

2.   Cattle theft has worsened.

3.   Clark said there has been a sharp increase in the number of cattle thefts since the new law went into effect, although he said no figures are available.

4.   Just as in the old days, branding is still the best insurance against cattle theft, he said.

5.   Diedericks said the De Beer operations were hit by cattle theft six times in June.

6.   The easy availability of automatic weapons from war zones in Sudan and Somalia has changed the nature of cattle theft.

7.   The easy availability of automatic weapons from civil war zones in neighboring Sudan and Somalia have completely changed the nature of cattle theft in northern Kenya.

8.   The easy availability of automatic weapons from war zones in neighboring Sudan and Somalia has completely changed the nature of cattle theft.

9.   The easy availability of automatic weapons from war zones in Sudan and Somalia has completely changed the nature of cattle theft.

10.   The increased availability of automatic weapons from war zones in neighboring Sudan and Somalia has completely changed the nature of cattle theft.