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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Senate. However, I noted something. He paid through a banker’s cheque. For a banker’s cheque, the money can come from any account. That is why, as a committee, we need to go backwards and see where that money came from. Going forward, that money should not be paid by a banker’s cheques. It should come directly from that governor’s accounts. I am saying this so that it can go on record, such a governor paid a fine on such a date to the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Clause 4 says- “(1A) A witness shall be given an opportunity to be heard prior to imposition of the fine.” We need to listen to them, but what happens if they do not come? I think we need another clause below that that says if they do not appear on a day that they are called to come and defend themselves, then, the committee will have no other alternative. If you say he or she needs to be heard and he or she never appeared, then it is an ambiguous sentence. The same Clause 4(4) of this Bill says that-"
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