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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Motion very strongly. I stood here last Thursday and spoke at length about small arms and the problems that they are causing in this country. There were few voices that asked me to identify where those small arms are coming from. I insisted that there was a market that is saturating our country with small arms. A few people dissented. Two days later, we were faced with a situation, not of small arms, but medium scale arms like M-16s, in the fiasco we had over the weekend. Hon. Deputy Speaker, one of the things that need to be recognized in this country is that there are people who have never known peace since Independence and I come from one such place. As a primary school pupil, I used to sleep in the bush because of bandits. As a Member of Parliament, I have slept in the bush because of bandits. I think it is just fair that this country does afford some peace and prosperity to some of the citizens of this country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion because my constituents, in particular, have lost billions of shillings in terms of stolen livestock. It has lost good brains as well. Last year alone, we lost the best girl in Tseikuru District to bandits. She was killed. She was probably a material for a speaker’s position in ten or 20 years to come. She is now gone in the hands of bandits. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the idea of motivating and investing in the police reservists and the whole security services in ASAL areas. The Chairman of the Security Committee would agree with me that some of us had to divide a little CDF resources which we have, to actually motivate security officers. There is no year that we do not build one or two police posts with CDF money; to basically bring security near to the people in our area. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would urge that the Government comes with resources and motivates the security forces that work in ASAL areas, especially the Administration Police, who sometimes live under squalid conditions while they are expected to provide security to the communities around. I would like also to urge the Government to give police reservists to all ASAL areas, and not selectively. My area has not had one police reservist for over 20 years. I am actually surprised that this Motion acknowledges the existence of police reservists in some ASAL, while some do not have. Is there a powerful person there who probably has interest in cattle rustling, who decides that my constituency, Mwingi North, which suffers The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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