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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, as they consult, they need to come out clearly. What is the importance of the amendment? Is it as Hon. Kaluma has put it? At times, you can give financial inducement, not knowing whether it constitutes a bribe or not. Or are we making it expressly clear that any form of inducement to a person for services would amount to a bribe? That is what we need to come out very clear. The text in the main parent Act seems to relate to that thinking to the extent that you must have known that it constitutes a bribe. It is not an offence if you did not know that it was a bribe. But here now, the import is to remove 'knows' to mean that, as Hon. Shakeel has put it, ignorance of the law is no defence. That line must be drawn. The concept of ignorance of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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