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    "content": "generating income. That is why we had very successful IPOs. I remember that the first one of KenGen was very successful and people made money. We then had the second one of Safaricom. Again, Kenyans came out with a lot of money from somewhere. These people are not money launderers. They are honest people who, for a long time, have had no faith in the banking system that exists in this country. They have kept their money under pillows, in the kitchen stores and so on. These are our voters. They do not know anything about international conventions. They are our people. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am, therefore, pleading that we do not pass a law here that will make that mama who has dug a hole and put her money there a criminal in this country. I am pleading that we look at these clauses again. This Bill has many pages and we should read it so that we can make those provisions that will protect our people against wholesale cut and paste international conventions that we bring to this nation. I am also pleading with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to go and look at the Bill again. This is because we need to protect our people. If we fail to do that, we will start arresting people claiming that they are money launderers and yet they do not even know what money laundering is all about. I do not know how the relevant Departmental Committee has looked at this matter. We will, however, look at their Report when it is tabled here. We are urging that we protect our people so that we do not set laws that are going to make criminals out of our innocent people. With all that in mind, I still think that is a good law, but we must have those safeguards in place. I beg to support."
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