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    "id": 594467,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. S.S. Ahmed",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 140,
        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
        "slug": "shakeel-shabbir"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This is a Motion which has come at the right time and I want to support it. There are a lot of guns in this country, and most of them are illegal. Most of these guns are used in robberies and others are hired out. Now there is technology; as you walk past or when you are somewhere in a car, that can detect a gun or firearms. That technology has been kept by some of the more advanced countries and used sparingly. It is very important now that we have smart phones which most Kenyans carry, and they can be identified where they are. It is also important that legal guns be registered. All legal guns must have this tracking system, so that their movement can be tracked. There are two categories of gun holders. There are private gun holders, who are licensed and there are official gun holders, who are the armed forces. All of these arms need to be tracked but the systems should be different. If the two are tracked together this might cause confusion and give those people who are out to attack this country advantage of knowing where the guns are. Speaking of these guns, the Central Firearms Bureau (CFB) is trying its very best but with an archaic system. People who are getting licensed to hold guns now have plastic identity cards. The licence fee charged is minimal. To carry a firearm, you pay a minimal fee of Kshs2,000 per year. The firearm charge should be increased and I plead that the charge for holding firearms be increased tenfold. Then there is the issue of the shot guns. At this moment in time, you find the short- barreled automatic push pump-action shotguns that are used in crimes all over the world being sold legally in this country to farmers or any other person who wants protection. Those are not protection guns. They are guns used for violence and robbery. Most of them are going towards certain areas like the Coast. I think these automatic guns should be banned for private licensed 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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