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    "id": 389673,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kuti",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Motion which is very important to all the areas that are peripheral and which are faced with challenges of cattle rustling. KPRs are people who are given ammunition. They are given guns and that is it. They are left without any guidance, training and support for their families. I concur with the Mover that they sacrifice a lot in the name of the community. However, at the same time, I also know that the fact that someone has a gun and has not been supported in any way can have some disadvantages and failure to achieving the purpose for which it was given to him. These guns can now be turned around and be used in crime. The home guns are given to communities. For instance, if they are given to the Boranas and the Samburus, each community ends up having its own home guns instead of having an inclusive group to protect them. If one of the communities is attacked, it ends up participating in retaliatory attacks. The guns are given out using the identity of the communities. They are not given out using the universal security identity. They are given to Borana home guards or Samburu home guards. So, if Boranas are under attack, the Borana home guards prevail on the matter. However, if it is the Samburus who are under attack, they may use their weapons to retaliate. The Motion that Prof. Lonyangapuo has brought is very important. These people need to be trained. Secondly, they should be put among communities that are not their own rather than identifying themselves with their own communities. When there is an attack, they participate in the revenge. That is the first problem. Secondly, if they are not supported, the communities they live in have to bear the burden of sustaining them. Every week, you find that there is a form of collection. This becomes a major burden for the community to sustain. Every week, community members have to give out a mbuzi to be slaughtered and these people have to eat it. This becomes a big burden to the communities they are protecting. So, if the Government gives out guns and does not follow the gun handlers to support them with food, then it becomes the responsibility of the community to support these people. This can become very expensive, especially during peaceful times. People even refuse to contribute towards these initiatives. They go around and use the guns to survive, and this causes insecurity. When they are left on their own and the community’s collections are not forthcoming, they end up killing gazelles and other wild animals. Poaching becomes an issue. This is not their fault because no preparations have been made for them."
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