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    "id": 594566,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/594566/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwadime",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Mwadime",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I support this Motion. This is a progressive Motion and not a retrogressive one. At the same time, it is a proactive way rather than a reactive way of dealing with issues of firearms. This is the only way in which we can know genuine firearms and the ones which are not genuine. Movement of arms has become very easy due to porous borders. Guns find their way into our major towns and national parks. That is why cases of crime and poaching have been increasing. At times, we license guns for the wrong people. The only way to track such guns is through the GPS system because we will have the history of the gun owners. Information technology, together with the Nyumba Kumi programme, will enable us know which guns are genuine and which ones are not genuine. Most of the time, crimes occur especially in Turkana, Pokot and the vast Tsavo National Park which is in my constituency. If we do not use this tracking system and the Nyumba Kumi Initiative, it will be difficult to track these illegal firearms. The Motion is very important as it is progressive towards knowing the genuine and illegal firearms. Therefore, I rise to support the Motion the way my colleagues have contributed a lot on it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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