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    "id": 1149404,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1149404/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": "THAT, Clause 76 of the Bill be amended in subsection (6) by deleting the words “five hundred thousand” and substituting therefor the words “one million”; I seek to ensure that any person who disrupts an authorised officer from undertaking the work that the penalty is enhanced. The penalty provides for imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding Ksh500,000. When you just say; “not exceeding Ksh500,000, it means the highest the magistrate can go for is Ksh500,000. However, when you put Ksh1Million, if there is a lot of impunity then the magistrate has a leeway of up to Kshs1Million. So, this is to give a little bit more discretion to the magistrate where the case of abuse is higher. I thank you Hon. Chairman."
}