{"id":1149404,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1149404/?format=json","text_counter":476,"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"},"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."}