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    "id": 1568743,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "the public officer shall, within forty-eight hours of such knowledge, or, if not on duty, within forty-eight hours of resumption of duty, make a declaration of the acceptance, giving sufficient details of the nature of the gift or favour accepted, the donor and the circumstances under which it was accepted for purposes of assessment of potential conflict of interest.” b) deleting subclause (4) and substituting therefor the following new subclause- “(4) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.” This House, in our wisdom, created this proviso. I may not know, for instance, that Mzee Ichung’wah in Kikuyu might be receiving a goat from a neighbour. If I do not go to my father's house today or tomorrow within 48 hours and since my father is my relative, I could be construed to be in conflict of interest because my father or a relative received a gift that may be construed to be on my behalf, and I do not report it within 48 hours. However, as I have said, many of us and judicial officers work in places away from many of our relatives. Our relatives in the village may probably receive gifts when you are a judge or magistrate. If you are a judge or magistrate, you must be very careful. If your grandfather in the village receives a gift from somebody who has a matter before you or a matter in court it may be construed to be conflict of interest. Therefore, that is what the House had sought to clarify. But, again, in the wisdom of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and His Excellency the President, they think we should bring that back. You will now contravene this section and be committing an offence if you do not make that declaration."
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