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    "speaker_name": "Mwingi Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Mulyungi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. From the onset, I want to start by thanking the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee Chairperson and his team for coming up with these very progressive and perpetual amendments to the law. I want to assure the Committee that I support these amendments. Although I can see the Chairperson is on the phone, he is a very high-ranking Member of this House. I have high regard for him and do not need to read anything. I know he was present and signed these amendments and so, I support them with my eyes closed. I rise to add my voice starting with the amendment to the Traffic Act, which proposes adoption of technology. Each one of us has committed a traffic offence. Once you are caught, the first thing the police officer does is enter your car, tell you to go to the police station or pick up your car keys, leaving you helpless and grounded. I support this amendment because it will ease the burden of petty traffic offenses so that you are charged on the spot and pay your fine online. I also support the amendment on sexual offenses and defilement. Many a times, we come across sexual offenders, and we do not know them. They are taken to court for committing offenses many times and sent to prison for maybe seven years. Yet, they come out 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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