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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "needs to consider changing this definition so that serious offences are felonies. Felonies are any offences that attract a sentence of more than three years in imprisonment. In the same paragraph, it says, an offence against a provision of any law in a foreign state for a conduct which if it occurred in Kenya would consist of an offence. Again, why would we want to tie into our municipal laws? If we have extradition issues, they can be handled through extradition. We should not bring in that, in my opinion. Next is what a number of hon. Members have referred to, Section 7 which has a number of issues which are very broad. For example, we have Section 7(c) which Mheshimiwa Odhiambo talked about; groups area. How would you define a group’s area? Would it be a location, a sub-location, a house or a town? If you reside or frequently visit that area, you will be considered to be a member of the group. That would require a lot of tightening. The same thing applies to “d”. The word “knowingly associate”, if you go to church with somebody who is a member of the Mungiki sect, is that considered associating or ascribing to the ideologies, practices or values? How would you define ideologies and so on? While I agree with the need for the law being absolutely necessary, while we support the Minister in terms of the timely law, it requires a bit of tightening in those areas. I also agree with Minister Wetangula as far as Section 22 is concerned. Even though Clause 22(2) tries to address that in saying that the person aggrieved can go to the High Court and apply for the High Court to redress, I think this is a modern law. Hon. Members who feel that we need to deal with rape or kidnapping have misunderstood the nature of the law. I think it is a wonderful piece of legislation and if it is corrected, the House should give it all the support. I support."
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