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    "id": 541933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this. I will be brief. As you rightfully said, many of the areas in this Bill have adequately been addressed. From the outset, let me say that the proliferation of small arms, particularly explosives continue to kill quite a number of Kenyans. In my constituency in the year 2013, three siblings between the ages of four and twelve were killed while playing when they picked a substance which they did not know. The gadget exploded and killed them, leaving their parents in a very miserable state, because they were their only kids. This Bill has adequately addressed a number of issues, which are required to be taken into consideration in ensuring that lives of Kenyans do not continue to be in danger because of the proliferation of mines. In these times when we have terrorism, which is very much a threat to Kenyans, experts in the handling of anti-personnel mines should be increased, so that we have them, especially, in the frontier counties that have been used as training grounds by the British in the past, and where we now have very many of these anti-personnel gadgets buried. We do not have to wait until the day when these things explode and then we say, “Unfortunately, there was one there.” We need to go back to the records and look at the training camps that existed during the colonial times. These are things which are within records. Every other time whenever there is an explosion, especially in arid and semi-arid areas (ASALs), you realise that you will told “This was once upon a time a training ground for troops during the colonial or pre-colonial times.” Those areas should be marked, their threat levels assessed and special scans done, particularly in areas close to settlements. 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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