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    "id": 1046694,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipyegon Ngeno",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am practising social distancing. This Bill is doomed. This amendment is doomed and must fall by all means. We cannot be a House that creates laws to benefit some individuals who are not in this House or who are privileged to have powers to protect themselves. One thing I know is that Article 37 of the Constitution of this country which was put in place in 2010 anticipated a situation where we would allow people to picket, conduct peaceful demonstrations and have sit-ins. It even allows people to stay away from their jobs or places of work. The framers of that part of the Constitution knew very well that at some point, there will be hooligans, detractors or opponents who might in one way or another organise for those peaceful demonstrations to be disrupted or to cause mayhem. That is why we have the Penal Code. The Penal Code anticipates a situation where anybody who causes grievous harm or harms anybody will be brought before a court of law and charged through the Penal Code. Introducing another Penal Code in the form of an amendment does not and will never assist anyone. Each one of us has the freedom of speech, movement, association and all those rights that are in Article 37 of the Constitution. As my colleague has said, this amendment Bill must be sent back to the sender. The sender of this amendment Bill is anticipating a situation where people will be demonstrating. People demonstrating does not mean that they are happy. They are actualising The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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