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    "id": 541872,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not want to cross over like a kangaroo. I wish to support this new Bill. I want to support it on the basis that for a very long time, there are many people in this country and in other jurisdictions who have been affected by the various anti-personnel mines which are meant for various individuals other than those that they finally end up maiming. If you remember, there are so many Kenyans who have discovered some of the weapons that have been left for so many years in their gardens and they have to be detonated because they can cause danger so many years later. The intention of this Bill is therefore to have a national stand on how to deal with these ammunitions. I think it is very important that we as Parliament support it. I am very encouraged by the provisions as enumerated by the Mover with regard to the various measures of control and even the safeguards that have been put in place if one ends up being affected. I am saying this because when there is a calamity, there are only two eventualities: it is either you die or your body is dismembered in one way or the other. The consequences of an outcome where your body is injured has an impact with regard to one’s participation and social activities and there is no amount of compensation that would ameliorate the situation owing to the fact that any pecuniary allocation will not envisage a situation where all the various aspects of life that one is engaged in will be properly captured. It is like anticipating how one can engage in modes of economic endeavor and that something is bound to change. The limitations that would arise thereof from such activity would mean that this individual may be relegated to poverty. It would also mean that this person will be disabled and that in itself has a very high cost to the individual. When Kenya passes this Bill through this august House, we will be in the league of many other nations and it will be very important towards the attainment of world peace. As has been stated by earlier speakers, most of the terrorists and people who would want to cause human suffering have used anti-personnel mines to achieve their ends. In this regard therefore, such regulation and monitoring would ensure that these gadgets do not end up in the hands of those who would want to misuse them. Infact, if we pass this legislation, it means that we are making a small contribution towards the greater attainment of world peace and securing the future of our kids. We will reduce such incidences of people becoming impaired. When you listen to people who are themselves disabled by these anti-personnel mines, you realise that indeed, if they had any recourse they would not want to go through the harrowing experiences that they have gone through. Indeed, we would want to relegate the relics and even the manufacture of these items into only certain aspects."
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