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    "id": 794147,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Arbelle",
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        "legal_name": "Marselino Malimo Arbelle",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Motion on the Kenya Coast Guard Service Bill. This Bill requires the establishment of the Kenya Coast Guard Service, whose mandate will be to patrol our territorial waters for purposes of safeguarding them. Currently, you may have observed that we do not have anyone patrolling, safeguarding or trying to keep a hawk’s eye on our territorial waters. In fact, this country has been under the mercy of God that we have not had external attackers using our territorial waters as an avenue to attack the people in Kenya. In a place like Lake Turkana, you will realise we are bordering Ethiopia. There is no single person who the Kenya Government has posted to that part of the world to keep an eye on the external aggressors who might use that route to come into Kenya. Many arms are being smuggled into the country through that route. Many drugs come into this country through that route. Large amounts of ammunition which is used to kill innocent Kenyan citizens, particularly my community because Lake Turkana falls under Laisamis Constituency, comes through that route. Recently, there was an attack on my people in Loiyangalani. The attackers are believed to have come from across the border. With this Bill in place where we will be able to have Coast Guards posted to patrol our rivers, lakes and even the Indian Ocean, we will not have foreign aggressors using our rivers, lakes and oceans to come into our country. With those sentiments, I beg to second the Motion."
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