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    "id": 229321,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/229321/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Gumo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 160,
        "legal_name": "Fredrick fidelis Omulo Gumo",
        "slug": "fred-gumo"
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    "content": ". There are many districts that have now been created, but you will find that the former districts were even closer to the people before than the new ones. You cannot say that you are bringing administration closer to people when you are asking them to go further than they are doing at the moment. In most cases, you will find that the district headquarters has been relocated to another area. For some people to get there, they have to use three or four matatus while before they only used one. In fact, that is one thing that should be looked into, otherwise I do not think some of March 27, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 143 us need those new districts. If, for example, here in Nairobi, you ask the people from Westlands, who have been coming to the Provincial Commissioner's Office, to go to Kikuyu in Dagoretti, who will really go there? It is too far and some of these people are so poor that they cannot make it there. This does not only apply in Nairobi, but it affects many other places too. So, we should try to get more central places where people can access the services more easily. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, security is a very big factor in this country. There is no way you can develop a country where there is insecurity. You cannot say that guns cannot be withdrawn from wananchi . It is possible! If the Government is really committed to withdraw these guns from people, it can do it. If the police and the Army are mobilised and told to get all the guns in illegal hands in Kenya, they will do so. There are too many guns in illegal hands in the country. Today, I understand that some thugs hire them for as little as Kshs300. With that amount of money, you can have a gun to go and kill somebody. We must address this issue urgently. For the Government to do this, even the innocent will have to suffer. If you want to mop up guns from"
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