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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me an opportunity to second this very important Bill. If you look at the history and philosophy of organized crime, you will see that in many jurisdictions at one time or another organized crime or criminal gangs have literally brought very strong governments to their knees. If you look at the history of the United States of America (USA), Chicago, New York and other big cities have at one time or another, succumbed to organized crime. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Italy, organized criminals even kidnapped a former Prime Minister. They held him in captivity and killed him. You have heard of the stories of the Buddermen in Germany and the Japanese organized crimes. In this country, I think we have come to Parliament with this Bill a little too late to the extent that what looks like village games have mutated to dangerous frightening criminal groupings that are now in some places ruling the countryside and places in the city of Nairobi. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, organized crime feeds on society. Where the society is poor, their mode of operation is largely violence. Where the society is rich, their mode of operation is more sophisticated, more commercial oriented and money making. You will find organized crime groups running what looks like legitimate business; import/export, banks, money transactions in very large quantities and so on and so forth."
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