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    "id": 1105423,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. To a large extent you have summarised what I wanted to say. The cases start like they are criminal cases. The persons will be found guilty and they would be jailed. There is actually need for another process to start. It is the process of seeking compensation from the Government. That is where the weakness is. Even when judgment is given and payment decreed, normally, you would expect the ministries and the officers concerned, particularly the PSs and the CSs to know what judgment came against them through the Attorney-General’s office and then request for those monies during the budget process. As you rightly said, we are leaving our people open while there are actually ways that we can enforce this matter through this House. We need to make sure that people get compensation when they are aggrieved. Many people just give up and say, “If it is against the government, I do not want to waste my time. Nobody will pay me.” I think, by law, it is not even possible to go and attach government property. That is another thing we should look at. We should allow people to attach government property, that is, if the government fails to pay. I think this is an area that the appropriate committee can help us in. It could even bring legislation that can help people in these matters."
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