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    "id": 654821,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "allow the use of firearms in the rendering of a security service. (2) A person who contravenes the provision of this section commits an offence and shall in addition to cancelation of license, be liable on conviction to a penalty prescribed in this Act or any other written law, whichever is higher. I beg to move that it be read a Second Time. The import of this new clause is that Article 239 of the Constitution provides that the national security organs are:- the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the National Police Service (NPS) which has two departments or services that possess firearms to safeguard national interest. There are no proper safeguards against abuse and this may lead to confusion. This is a very controversial amendment. Initially, a good number of our Members were supporting it. We were convinced not to give private security guards firearms because they are not trained and disciplined. This will expose Kenyans. At the same time we also found out that even the current police officers, who are fully trained sometimes, hire out their firearms. Quite a number of them have been charged for hiring out guns. If we give guns to people who attend a short course of one week, we will be exposing this country. Again, we have employed very many police officers. In fact, we are almost reaching the threshold of the United Nations (UN) of 450 citizens vis-a-vis one police officer. At the same time, we have introduced very many CCTVs to take care of security surveillance. So, we oppose this issue of giving people who are not properly trained and without discipline firearms. I beg that we support that position."
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