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    "id": 672539,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I support the very important point raised by the distinguished Senator for Murang’a, you may recall that in the Fifth Parliament when the late Hon. George Anyona came to the House to table documents about corruption which was going on in Mombasa, commonly known as “Karafuu”, a senior administrator sitting in the Gallery kept on pointing a gun at him on the Floor. That rule of the jungle can be very dangerous, indeed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been here long enough to know this. I hope some of my colleagues here are not in the habit of carrying around guns because they have bodyguards. When you enter Parliament Buildings, you should surrender your weapon to the Serjeant-at-Arms to keep it for you and only be given back when you leave the precincts of Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have seen how reckless handling of guns is costing lives in the United States of America (USA). You never know when a person who legitimately carries a gun turns into a lunatic and opens fire on anybody in sight. It could be anyone of us. The issue raised by the Deputy Speaker is very important, that we urge you as our leader in this House to take it up with the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), so that they strengthen the management of Parliament, particularly visitors and MPs themselves who bear arms. You have seen fist fights. They could degenerate into use of arms if the people fighting have got those kinds of weapons. I remember one time in the Ninth Parliament when a Member pulled a gun to shoot another. He could have shot him if we were not there to restrain him and it was just a bar argument. This kind of danger is avoidable if the rules are enforced strictly and properly. I want to urge that even when our lady colleagues come in, their handbags The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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