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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "would not be doing guesswork on who is holding those guns. We would have gotten hold of those guns and they would have helped us in many ways. The guns are being circulated and being used to do all things that you see on television about cattle rustling up in the north. We are now not only having illegal guns that are imported or bought from criminals from Somalia, but there are many arms from the Government that have been taken by force by bandits that are now being used in criminal activities among our innocent citizens. It beats logic that this technology is available and our security people have not taken it up to ensure that the safety of our country comes first. I remain in doubt that this is something that is possible. But if it is, then it raises a lot of questions about what our security people are doing in our country. They are not only reactionary, but they are sleeping on their jobs. I hope what we have here today is some new technology somewhere far in the universe that our people in the security sector do not know about. This puts them in a very bad place. Taking into consideration that this is possible, I support this debate. It is a very important step towards helping secure our country. I hope that the Member who brought this Motion is only processing it to get more ideas so that he can bring a Bill which can be passed and help our country’s security, particularly in this time when we are fighting in all fronts. Our good soldiers, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), are in Somalia. They are doing everything possible to make sure that our country is secure. We want to help them in every way we can here in the homeland to make sure that our country is secured. Wherever we brand our police as corrupt, we should understand that they are our sons and they do a good job in protecting our people on the roads, in the inner cities and in areas prone to cattle rustling. As citizens and Members of this House, we need to help them to legislate on areas that can help them do their job better. Even those criminals who are being killed every day in the city are sons of this country. Maybe, they are getting into gangs not because they do not have income, but because you can get a gun easily, go and rob somewhere and have a living. If we can have such tracking devices, we do not want to see them being killed. We want to see them going to court and get through the law. Nowadays, every time you see criminals being reported in Kenya, you always see them dead. We do not want to see people dead. We want to take them to court. Somebody even within the Police Service could be taking advantage of us lacking knowledge of those weapons. We have heard stories where a purported criminal is killed because of stealing and yet, he only had a mobile phone. A gun is placed on his head. We want to know where those guns are. Maybe, the police are involved in criminal activities. They are placing guns on innocent people who are Kenyans. Tracking of firearms will get us a long way in knowing where those guns are and who holds them. It will also help us to be law abiding. I support this Motion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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