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    "id": 936926,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/936926/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13417,
        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to really congratulate the Committee for the thorough job they have done in bringing to this House the proposal for annulment of these regulations. The Committee’s work is very thorough and exhaustive. I have gone through it page by page. In the first place, there was no public participation. These regulations would have had far reaching implications on all Kenyans. Therefore, not being able to conduct public participation as is required in law itself, is doing things against the law. The Report says that they only did public participation in Nairobi County, out of the 47 counties. So, we are asking ourselves: Who represented the other 46 counties? That tells you that things were not done properly. They just wanted things done in a hurry. The other issue is the use of firearms. The regulations talk about a situation where all private security officers will at some point be allowed to carry or use firearms. Private security guards are not police, military, and Kenya Wildlife Service or prison officers. The main Act has not been changed and yet here we have a regulation which says within 60 months private security guards will be armed. That contravenes the main Act. It is actually not even good for this country. We are not in a situation where we need to have guards being armed. The other issue is the timeline. The regulations were published three months ago and they are supposed to be complied with within six months. That is too short. When I look at countries more developed than us…"
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