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    "id": 398040,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/398040/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.)Nkaissery",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. This is a very noble Motion, but it has certain glaring grey areas. In Article 238 of our Constitution, it is the responsibility of the Government to provide security to its citizens and protection for their properties. I would have expected the Chairman of the Committee on Administration and National Security, or even the Mover, to be in the House, so that we may suggest amendments. There are two areas in this Motion which are very difficult and dangerous. You realise that there are several factors affecting cattle rustling. The first one is the menace of small arms and the other one is cultural. There is, of course, insecurity and underdevelopment in those areas. Infrastructure is lacking. For example, areas like north eastern counties, Baragoi and Mandera have lagged behind in development. This House should do better than this. We are better than this. We should not have allowed this Motion to go the way it is going. I wish my brother, hon. Shill was here, because he said that every Kenyan is now fully armed. If that is the case, then we do not need the KPRs or the police. We must amend this Motion to say that the counties which have a problem of cattle rustling should be given more policemen. The Government should clear this menace of cattle rustling. We have a problem of inter-clan rivalry. The other day, we had a problem in Moyale. Just cast your mind back. If everybody from Burji, Boran and the Gabra clans is fully armed, as suggested by this Motion, and assuming we have about 200 KPRs, for example, in one of these clans, this will be a security front. The Motion is noble and I am so happy that its Seconder is here. I would propose that we move an amendment, that this Government---"
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