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    "id": 1081665,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker. I am also a member of APNAC and also happen to be a legal counsel to one of the witnesses in that case of Maasai Mara. This House has allocated a lot of money to the witness protection this week under the Office of the DPP. I thought as a House we must come out very strongly to defend witnesses in the country. Recently, you remember a lady from the lands office who was about to testify in a major case. In fact, she was due for cross-examination and died mysteriously and investigations are already closed. Therefore, witnesses especially in corruption cases in this country need protection. In the case of Sankale who has just been fired, we have taken him to the witness protection team and the terms offered to them were not befitting and were not secure enough. I think we need to relook at that particular law as a House and ensure that witnesses, especially under corruption cases in this country, are properly protected and they do not lose their lives. This is because as soon as they lose their lives, obviously, those cases are lost. I support this statement by Dr. Pukose and I thank you Hon. Speaker."
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