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    "id": 594465,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "in nature, and which tracks both the location as well as the use of firearms, so that when you are given a firearm to use and you are given a licence for it, you ensure that the firearm is used for the intended purpose. We are worried that most of the guns out there are licensed, yet they are used for illegal purposes. What would stop somebody who has been given a gun legally, from hiring it to other people? This country has become over-populated, and we cannot control the use of firearms if we do not have a proper system. Therefore, we want to thank Hon. Munyaka for bringing this Motion. We would even have wanted to change it from “urging”. It should be a resolution from this House that this country should have a system of tracking and registration of firearms. This is a very important aspect of security and I want to urge this House to support this Motion. After passing, we should also urge the Executive arm of the Government to ensure this Motion is implemented. We can pass Motions here but at the end of the day, do they help the country? Why have many Motions which are not implemented on time? I wish to urge the Government to ensure that given that this is a very important aspect of security, it should be implemented as soon as we pass it. I want to urge Members to support it, so that it can help us to control and ensure proper use of firearms. Otherwise, I wish to support and urge the country to ensure that anybody found using firearms in a wrong way, or handling firearms without a licence, is reported. I support and urge the House to also do so. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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