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    "id": 1359937,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1359937/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chepkonga",
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    "content": "We are seeking to amend Section 24 of the principal Act. The reason being that the penalty provided under the Statutory Instrument Act is Ksh20,000 for failure to comply with regulations and imprisonment is six months. Surely, who cannot pay Ksh20,000? It is no longer a deterrent. The reason some regulations are annulled when brought here is because they provide for penalties in excess of Ksh20,000 when we know this money means nothing. Anybody can pay. It is no longer a deterrence to breach regulations. We are proposing that that be repealed by introducing a new penalty. We are saying that the penalty shall not exceed Ksh500,000 and imprisonment of two years. That will be a deterrent so that people do not just breach regulations in a very wanton manner. We want people to comply. We want it to act as a deterrent so that we do not just make regulations for nothing. We make regulations because we want people to comply."
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