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    "id": 594475,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "The Deputy President, together with the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, Gen. Nkaissery, visited Turkana County and declared an amnesty for illegal gun owners. All people with guns were told to register the guns. This has happened in other countries. In Uganda, when President Museveni took over, there were lots of firearms in civilian hands. The Ugandan Government asked everybody to register their guns. The gun owners would also take the guns for servicing within the nearest police stations and military barracks. After all the guns had been registered, everybody felt comfortable and they were able to take their guns for servicing. They were not told to surrender the guns because all of them had been registered. That is the way we should go, so that guns within insecure areas like Turkana, Pokot border and Samburu are registered. This should be so especially for guns in the hands of the Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs), so that they can be tracked. Similarly, all the guns within the National Police Service and the Kenya Defence Forces need a tracking system. Over the weekend I complained of outsiders coming to my constituency. People who do not even live in Trans Nzoia are inciting people with the intention of causing violence. These are the issues the police need to look into. Any evidence of insecurity within a community destabilises peace. We have seen cases of post-election violence and cases of insecurity within the Mt. Elgon region and Trans Nzoia. We have also seen tribal clashes occurring in those areas. So, whenever we talk about these things, security agencies must take us very seriously. Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support this Motion by Hon. (Dr.) Munyaka. We should fit all the licensed arms with tracking devices. Thank you."
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