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    "id": 1057775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1057775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a problem across our courts. The lawyers who are here can confirm this. You have a street boy there who was given cannabis to smoke. He goes to court and the hands of the court are so tied because the fine is 20 years or a minimum of Ksh10 million. So, what are we saying? We are saying that life imprisonment is mandatory, in addition to payment of fines, for cannabis traffickers. However, for consumers of cannabis, the sentence will be reduced to a maximum of five years or a fine not exceeding Ksh100,000. This is the practice already within our courts so that we do not have situations where they are forced to give sentences which are not prescribed in law and which is unconstitutional."
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