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"content": "positive step towards getting these young people, who may have found themselves in places they never desired, out of them. So, it is important that we shield leaders who may have taken the initiative of trying to get some people out of such groups. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, it is important to appreciate the fact that when we go out looking for votes, we actually go to each and every person, including those in prisons, just in case they are released during the voting period. So, it is important that we do not provide for something that will come to implicate us just because we are doing what we are supposed to do; which is looking for votes. I am also happy with the provision of confiscation and seizure of property. It is almost common knowledge that many of these gangs are sometimes meant to benefit some persons in authority and, more often than not, people who are fairly rich in society. It is important that the issue of forfeiture of property that may have been brought through activities of organised crime is enforced. We will have room to deal with people who put others on the front while they are the ones who benefit from all that is done by those people in the frontline. It is important that that provision is enforced once this Bill is passed into law. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 18(2) provides that the court may order the forfeiture of any money or other property. Paragraph 4 seeks to allow people who would think that they have offended to make their case. In so doing, we will make it clear that being part of such gangs will be of no use. I do not want to say many things, but let me say that one of the very worrying things that some of us came across when we had an activity to do on these groups was when mothers would come before a committee and confess that their young boys were members of those gangs. They would explain it casually that the young ones joined the groups because they are poor, they have no education, they are not provided with this or that. So, it would look like something that one can just engage in at will. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill makes it clear that there is no casual business any more. You cannot say that your son is in such gang because there was nothing for you to eat, and that he joined the gang to look for money so that you can be fed as a family. There should be some kind of civic education on this law, especially in areas which are heavily affected by these gangs. Again, you cannot allow people to come and undertake oaths within your compound, or within your farm, because that farm could easily be taken away by the Government once the crime is proved to have been committed within that farm. So, for many other reasons, and the few that I have mentioned, I want to support this Bill and say that it is timely. I think we should pass it. I want to thank the Minister for bringing it at this point in time. It will help this country to move forward. It will also help in terms of economic development. It will help young people in terms of making them exercise their minds more, so that they can earn a living rather than choosing the easy way out of earning a living from other peopleâs sweat. Thank you."
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