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"speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. When we say that the retributive nature is commensurate to the offence, we mean that you cannot have similar terms of penalties of a chicken thief and a murderer. When you leave out the words ‘not less than,’ then you give the trial chamber an open cheque to define the number of years to hand the person. The judge will even give him 30 or 50 years, which is very punitive. Therefore, when you use the words ‘a term not exceeding’ it is commensurate because the judge cannot prescribe a term exceeding 10 years in punishing offenders. The justification is very clear. The current provision leaves the situation open, which is very dangerous. A malicious bench can sentence a person to 100 years, which is not commensurate to the charges. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support."
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