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    "id": 19581,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lessonet",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while this Bill looks as if it is going to limit the functions of this Authority only to the police service, I may wish to point out that there are other armed people in this country. You may wish to know that our Kenya Army is equally armed; you may wish to know that our prisons officers are equally armed. I also come from a district where the forest guards and the so-called Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers are properly armed. If the Minister is the originator of this Bill, he should note that this Bill also covers such sectors as the prison officers, forest guards and even the Army. I come from Koibatek District where the forest guards are armed. If I were to tell you the injustices we suffer in the hands of those forest guards--- In fact, to our annoyance, they are not only carrying arms--- You know for a long time we used to hear about some rifles which, may be, can shoot up to 10 or 20 meters. They carry the real arms. They carry G3s, AK-47s. We have really suffered in their hands. When I tell you about some very poor communities in my constituency who depend on charcoal for their kids to go to school, who depend on charcoal for them to warm themselves up in the evening at home, every afternoon, including today, those forest guards will always pass by, collect all the charcoal and go and sell it for their own gain."
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