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    "id": 1242779,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "criminal law, know that we should make it deterrent to discourage people. If we set a figure of Kshs20,000, someone will easily pay. Why do we not increase the figure to Kshs1.5 million or Kshs1 million to deter? The aim for provision of an offence of sentencing and punishment is to deter individuals from participating in the offence. You can increase and put up to three years maximum jail term or both. I agree with you on the aspect of corporate governance, especially on lifting the veil if you misappropriate the funds. Sen. Beth Syengo, through you Madam Temporary Speaker, you have heard the commitment of the President. He said that he would not entertain any corruption or misappropriation of public funds. You saw how the President swept the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) clean. We are sweeping clean the sugar sector too. I am told that somewhere in Nairobi, somebody bought half a kilogramme of sugar and when it was used it to make tea, it turned black. I agree with you that the commitment of the President on punishing corruption has been how high or close you are. You must face the full force of the law. I believe that is the kind of goodwill that we need as a country. If it is from the highest office and he did not tell us 100 days like during COVID-19 time. We served in the COVID-19 Committee then and at that time, we were told within 100 days heads will roll. This one global fund only reported and those people were fired. An upshot of this Bill is that the intention and form are good, but I think we should remove one or two clauses only that might affect it. There is no provision of the law that lies idle. You might just want to find one provision that will affect everything and will negate the goodness of the Bill. I hope and pray that the passage of this Bill will give an opportunity to most of our cotton farmers. Madam Temporary Speaker, my only worry is the National Assembly and I am happy that former Sen. Wetangula was elected the Speaker. When the Bills from the National Assembly come here, we process them in a record speed. However, regarding Bills from the Senate, if we pass this today, it takes forever to be passed by the National Assembly. Sen. Maanzo knows that National Assembly normally uses Article 110(3) on Money Bill. I hope the National Assembly will fast track the passage of this Bill. Let us work in concurrence so that we do not need to fight over our legislative business. With those many remarks, I congratulate my sister and wish her well. I hope to see fruition of this Bill and revive our cotton farming in the country once again."
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