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    "id": 610948,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Secondly, I remember the Cabinet Secretary indicating that he was planning to actually register all the illegal firearms, so that they can be monitored and tracked. Number one is disarmament. Number two; we want deployment of the Rapid Deployment Unit officers from the Administration Police (APs). They look more efficient. They should be deployed in that particular area. We also want a team of Anti- Stock Theft Unit officers, headed by capable officers, deployed in that specific area. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of drought, pastoralists at the moment are roaming all over the place without due consideration to matters of jurisdiction and without respecting traditional boundaries. They have that habit. So, the chiefs must also be told that their people must actually stick to their boundaries because by extending them, they are going to cause a lot of problems. We want to implement the resolution of Bomas One because we had quite a number of resolutions. We also want the police to be assisted by the Kenya Police Reservists, previously referred to as “home guards”. The home guards can really supplement the work of the police. We have seen in other places where they have home guards; at least, there is some semblance of peace and security. I recommend the deployment of Kenya Police Reservists in area where we do not have them, like Tiaty so that they can supplement the work of the police. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we need to open up Suguta Valley. Quite a number of the pastoralists are from the Suguta corridor. The Government is in the process of opening it. There is that policy being conceptualised but we need to open up that area. We have discussed with the Cabinet Secretary but we want it in action so that the area can be open and the Government will be in a position to deal with those crooks. The issue of NyumbaKumi is a good idea. It will replace the community policing that used to be there, which seems to be irrelevant these days. It does not work. So, we want to support the NyumbaKumi initiative. I am sure that if it is supported, it will make a lot of difference. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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