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    "id": 1284757,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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    "content": "approached some of our things, including in the Constitution. There is a need for us to revisit our Constitution. I was in this Parliament when somebody was accused of capital punishment. For example, for a capital crime, it did not matter who the person was. You could be a Member of Parliament, but you could sit in remand until the matter was resolved. Nowadays, you can kill as many people as you want, and we say that because everybody has a right to bail, you go and work your way through the courts, and you get the bail. There is need for us under these circumstances to be able to assist a gentleman like this one we have right now, who is rearing to go and make a difference in this country's prosecutions for the future, to be given the right tools. When we are constrained by the laws and the Constitution of the country, and we allow people to do whatever they want to do and to come out and influence things, also considering how courts operate in this country, then sometimes even with the best person, we still expect the least to come out of it. I want us to be ready for the road ahead in which DPP will be fighting corruption and prosecuting people who are guilty of large-scale corruption in this country. And those people can stay behind bars in Kamiti Prison, regardless of their status, until the matter is determined. But if he knows he can come out and still engage with others, then the system will have messed us. Hon. Speaker, I want us to be a country that observes the rule of law, not to rule by law. We will, as a Parliament, in my humble opinion, also undertake to make legislative provisions in this country that will help the prosecutor to deal with cases of corruption, economic crimes, and many other rampant criminal activities that happen in our country so that these can be reined on in the future. I wish that Parliament approves the appointment of Mr Renson Mulele as the next DPP. I wish him the best in terms of performance of his job. I hope that this country will have a difference on how we will run our own prosecutions and other things in the future for the benefit of the wider population of Kenya. With those remarks, I support."
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