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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Elmi",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": "son who is not well behaved. Before you know it, he uses the gun to kill somebody. The next day he needs some money, he sells it to somebody who brings it to Nairobi. So, the whole country becomes awash with illegal firearms just because we are not giving basic policing services. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I call policing “basic service” because when something happens to somebody, he needs to report somewhere and see action being taken. I am afraid to say that, at the moment, such action is probably confined to around Nairobi. Elsewhere and, specifically in northern Kenya, it is not there. If it is there, it is very limited. Nobody is being taken to court. I refuse to buy the idea that what is happening in parts of this country is cultural. There is nothing cultural about somebody putting together a gang of criminals to go and kill people. We cannot say that such an act is not a problem. Around Nairobi, it is robbery with violence if somebody threatens you using a knife and takes away your mobile phone but in those areas, those are pastoralists; it is their tradition. There is nothing traditional about killing one another. Therefore, this must be brought to a stop. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that the 11th Parliament is not like previous Parliaments. We cannot just lament. If this country goes to the dogs because we did not perform our responsibility, then history will judge us harshly. The foundation for any economic redevelopment – even Vision 2030 says so – is security. Security is not among the three pillars of Vision 2030 because it is its foundation. That foundation is disappearing very fast. Therefore, I propose that, first and foremost, we give ourselves a maximum of two weeks or a month. We, Members from 290 constituencies, are on the ground. If the situation does not change, we can censor people and remove them from office. We can provide more budgets and provide insurance even better. We have heard about the terrible incident of Baragoi. It happens every day. Police officers get killed every day because we did not take any precautions to stop the proliferation of small arms into our country. What happens to the families of the killed police officers? Nothing! They are not supported at all. We have the power to bring legislation to this House and provide for a compensation of between Kshs5 million and Kshs10 million for every police officer who dies while on duty, so that police officers can feel that they are serving Kenya. That is a Bill in respect of which we do not have to wait for anybody. We should bring it to this House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is time we enacted legislation to make it impossible for one to carry an illegal firearm in this country. At the moment, if you are caught with an illegal firearm, you get away with a small fine. It is this House which can enact the necessary law to ensure that illegal firearms have no room in this country. Even better, we can allocate money for one year to specifically mop up illegal firearms in this country."
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