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    "id": 563288,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/563288/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2679,
        "legal_name": "George Oner Ogalo",
        "slug": "george-oner-ogalo"
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    "content": "I would like to hail this Bill because, for the first time, we have a proposal dealing with the working conditions of our private security service providers. Private security firms have become a place where slavery takes place. One takes advantage of the lack of employment in the country, employs a number of jobless people, secures government or private sector contracts to provide security, deploys those people without any training or tools and expects them to provide security. The individual rakes in a lot of money from those agencies, while the people providing the security services get nothing. This Bill will enable us eradicate that kind of slavery. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have the Firearms Licensing Act. There is no security person who can be denied a licence to carry a gun, if they fulfil the requirement of the Act. We cannot provide for a blanket licence for people to carry guns just because they have formed companies to provide security services. Every individual in a company must meet the requirement of the Firearms Licensing Act. I oppose any move to use this Bill to issue firearm licences to Kenyans. With those remarks, I support."
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