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    "id": 389734,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/389734/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank Prof. Lonyangapuo for this timely Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, when you engage somebody without any policy, training, remuneration or compensation, actually, you create a slave. That is the definition of a slave. Of course, there is the other issue of volunteers. It is interesting to see how definitions are used differently in other places. When these people are picked by the politically-correct people, they are called reservists, but when you have such volunteers in other places, like in my place, they are called vigilantes. They are given names and even blacklisted, and yet, they do exactly the same job. It is the high time that we came up with a law that regulates these kinds of forces, not only for vigilantes and reservists, but also arming of the regular security firms. In Tanzania and Uganda, security firms are identified as a useful tool of creating security and are even allowed to carry firearms. Here in Kenya, you will get security firms manning a bank with batons, when we know that we have criminals walking around with guns. This is not acceptable. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is the high time that we also looked at the per"
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