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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I rise to support the Motion brought by my colleague, Hon. Victor Munyaka. I strongly support the idea because I think Kenya today is a country where we have more illegal firearms than the legal ones. Given the location we are in and our neighbours who are ever at war, Kenya has been prone and open to proliferation of firearms to the extent that in some parts of this country there are guns in almost every household, and nobody knows how they got them, when and where they are used. The Government has been saying that the guns will be secured. Currently we do not have that technology to keep stock of these guns. Even the physical exercise of getting guns from those people who have them illegally has become an effort in futility. The Government issues ultimatums, tells the public to return them and gives amnesties but nothing happens. I strongly support the Motion, because if we have a device, or electronic means, where we can trace or locate these guns, at least once a crime has been committed or a firearm is hidden somewhere, it can easily be got. It beats all reasoning in this country today. There are guards even in offices or other places where people frequent. These guards have gadgets to check on guns but I really doubt if they really trace anything. People always walk in and out of hotels and other places with guns and those gadgets do not detect them. Look at even our security systems here in Parliament. A policeman asks you to open the boot and then he looks at it and underneath the carpet or mat you could have something very lethal. I do not think eyes can see below the carpet. We have put our security in a way that we cannot really be seen to be serious in what we are doing. I strongly believe that this Motion, if passed, will go a long way in trying to arrest some insecurity incidents. It will go a long way in detecting where firearms are. We have so many roadblocks on our roads and I strongly believe that vehicles carrying criminals with firearms usually pass those roadblocks because policemen do not have gadgets to detect if they 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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