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    "content": "Hon. Members, let me now proceed to the second matter which is whether the proposals in the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2021) that seek to limit fundamental rights and freedoms render the Bill unconstitutional. Hon. Members opposed to the highlighted amendments aver that the proposals contained in the Bill single out advocates specifically and impose obligations on them. This in turn, the Members further aver, unfairly discriminates against advocates as professionals and renders the proposed amendments unconstitutional. Before I delve into this question of constitutionality, it is worth noting that as the Member for Homa Bay Town, Hon. Peter Kaluma, alluded to in the debate arising from the Point of Order, no Member demonstrated with precision the nexus between any alleged violation of any one of the 264 Articles of the Constitution and the 16 Clauses contained in the Bill. I will, therefore, attempt to address the issues as discerned to be violations of the Constitution based on the arguments of Members. Standing Order 47(3) places a specific obligation on the Speaker to exclude any Motion from being debated, or direct the amendment of a Motion in an appropriate format where the 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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