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    "id": 506437,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "In the Report, several ways or solutions have been suggested as ways to mitigate the threats and the Government has enumerated those they have taken into action in terms of national and regional co-operation. I think it is important that this House helps the State or the Executive in realizing those goals. I will just highlight about six reasons for insecurity as contained in the Report Under proliferation of illicit arms, it is really shocking to understand that during the year under review, there were over 500,000 illicit small arms in the country. That may even be more than the legal ones. Those are in the hands of criminals and it is important that, as Parliament, we come forward in our oversight and legislation roles to review the Firearm Act and provide stiffer penalties for persons possessing those illegal firearms. There are some measures that the Executive has proposed like marking of the firearms to facilitate ease of tracing and strengthening of intelligence mechanism. They have also proposed the issue of having an East African Protocol on Cattle Rustling that would help mop up all the illegal arms. That is because most of those 500,000 illegal arms, a big percentage, are in areas that are always prone to cattle rustling. The second reason of insecurity is refugees. According to the Report, we have 700,000 refugees in this country. The influx of those refugees has occasioned a lot of security challenges. We nowadays see terrorist groupings really changing under the humanitarian character in the refugee camps and thus infiltrating the recruitment of those refugees. Therefore, they train and coordinate terrorist activities from the safety of the refugee camps. That is another issue that we need to look into. There is also the issue of resource-based conflicts. Resource-based conflicts are happening in the counties. That is where you are seeing cattle rustling because of resources. You are also seeing it in other areas; not necessarily cattle rustling areas. But the resources, political, human and financial, if not shared equitably, they can really raise tension and thus be a source of insecurity. Therefore, we should try to embrace the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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