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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first, let me congratulate my brother, hon. Lentoimaga, who is a guru on security matters. Having served in my district which is prone to insecurity, he is quite aware of what happens. I am going to digress and talk a little about what Kenya has in terms of resources. Kenya is a signatory to the Conflict Early Warning and Resolution Mechanisms of the IGAD and houses the focal point for eradication of small arms in the horn of Africa. We are almost embarassed to be associated with these two important institutions because we are doing nothing about the security of our people. On the issue of small arms, we cannot say more because they have injured this country. We had the Westgate Mall incident last week and our people are killed every day using small arms and there is not a conscious attempt to deal with the small arms by mopping them. I do not want to mention countries, but I know a country where bandits have taken over territory and tax people. You cannot move from one district to another without paying tax to these bandits and the central Government remains hostage in the capital. We need to prevent this. If we do not prevent this, in a matter of years or even months, some places will be taken over by bandits and they will exercise their tyranny on the citizens of that part of the country. Today at lunch time, I got a call and I was informed that in one part of my constituency, namely, Wekithuki Irrigation Scheme, which produces food for my people, there were ten guns across the Tana River threatening my people. There are five policemen whose only duty that we know is moving around arresting women who make illicit brew. We do not drink changaa, but we drink Muratina. The officers will not confront these bandits. I hope and pray that there will be a command structure at the top that makes it possible for the officers to protect the lives of my people. Lastly, we have a problem in the command structure of our security forces. Three weeks ago, we moved very fast as a district and said that we were going to have disarmament and kicking out people from the game park. We have two Commanders in 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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