{"id":253453,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/253453/?format=json","text_counter":125,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Lesrima","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":178,"legal_name":"Simon Saimanga Lesirma","slug":"simon-lesirma"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, this disarmament exercise was carried out in a very selective manner. My constituents were disarmed, or rather they voluntarily surrendered the guns they acquired in 1996, following a promise that the Government would protect them. However, pastoralists from the neighbouring district of Baringo were never disarmed. Is the Assistant Minister aware that as a result of his selective action, my people are now exposed to a grievous danger posed by armed gangsters, who are terrorising them? What measures is he putting in place to protect the people, who were disarmed by the Government?"}