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    "id": 1341569,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move: THAT, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 60 of 2022) be now read a Second Time. As the title says, this Bill is for miscellaneous amendments, as is customary. The Bill seeks to amend various statutes. It is worth noting that the majority of the amendments in this particular Bill seek to harmonise various Acts of Parliament with the functions of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) under Article 157 of the Constitution. Article 157 defines the role of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as the person in charge of undertaking prosecution of all criminal proceedings, while the Attorney-General acts as the Principal Legal Advisor of the Government. As I said earlier, this Bill seeks to amend a number of Acts, including the Penal Code. Members can peruse through the Bill and note that the Penal Code (Cap 63) is being amended by deleting the expressions contained in Section 146, which in many ways could be perceived as discriminatory towards persons with mental disabilities. It is now a policy and a constitutional requirement that we mainstream the involvement of all persons, including persons living with disabilities, up to and including mental disability. That is why there should not be anything within the Penal Code that seems to be discriminatory against people living with mental disabilities. Mental disability could be interpreted differently, not just in how we know those people we see in mental institutions. Many people are living with us in society, but have certain mental disabilities. Hon. Deputy Speaker, protect me from the Hon. Kangogo, who is whispering behind me that this includes Parliament and that those who are shouting might be suffering from one form or another of a mental disability. I do not want to take the route of Hon. Kangogo, who is whispering that Hon. Masara, who has just shouted when you called the vote on the previous statute, could be in that category. I do not want to get there because we cannot be imputing improper motive on Hon. Masara, even when he opts to use his mouth to express displeasure with the way the vote has gone, as much as I am sure he does not know what was being voted for."
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