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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with Prof. Olweny that another big crime which is terrorizing our borders is cattle rustling, because it is a sport of the past in some communities. If you say that anybody who premeditates a crime of this nature will be charged under this law, you will end cattle rustling with a stroke of the pen as long as you do not leave the latitude for the courts to set people free. A criminal will end up staying in remand in Kamiti Maximum Prison for three years and then the courts rule that there is not enough evidence. This is because at that time relatives will have gone and seen the authorities. As a result, the people who provided police with information will now be terrorized by the same people who should be behind cells. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, I am impressed by the operations of the police in relation to these organized crimes. They say that there are so many illegal guns in this country. I have personally been caught up in a robbery where the guns used were G3 rifles. It was just here in Buru Buru. The way those people behaved showed that they were actually trained to use a G3 rifle. I know that you want to amend the Firearms Act. Do a simple thing. Each policeman must have a gun registered to their name so that they do not rent them out to criminal gangs. At the moment, a policeman would go and turn in his gun in the evening. It is then rented out and the following morning, it is given to another police officer. That loophole in itself is what is contributing to so many guns on our streets, particularly at night. I think we need to do that, so that it can help clean up the loopholes which pervade the force itself. I know that they are trying, but I think we need to make a law here that will make even our police force change once and for all. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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