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    "id": 1133733,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your ruling to allow this Bill to proceed. I can confirm to this House that you are a firm person but fair. I thank you because you have allowed this Bill to proceed. I had spoken to other issues earlier; and for the record, to anticipate any litigation, the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning conducted public participation on this Bill. We met several stakeholders face to face and we had several memoranda also sent to us. Those whom we met and they showed support to the Bill were: Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Kenya Bankers Association, Insurance Underwriters and Brokers Association; the Central Bank of Kenya; the Financial Reporting Centre; the National Treasury; the Law Society of Kenya who expressed their dissent with the Bill but were, perhaps, the only stakeholders, and Assets and Recovery Agency also appeared before us. From the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, the DPP appeared personally; and Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission. We held a broad based public participation and all the input that was given is indicated in our Report. The other issue we have not deliberated is this: The Assets Recovery Oversight Board (ARA). ARA made submissions to change this from oversight to advisory, so that they can retain their independent role in assets recovery. There is also a case made in this board that the DPP be removed because this is investigative rather than prosecution related. We will be debating it further, as we move along. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission made a case to be included in this vote. ARA asked that the Central Bank Governor be included in the Board. These are issues that we will look into during the Third Reading of the Bill. I wanted to take note of them during this Second Reading so that the House is notified of that. 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."
}