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    "id": 205128,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I just want to explain the purpose of this amendment. First of all, you will notice that what we have just approved in Sections 99 to 101--- All those offences come under what we call \"abuse of office\"! You know what abuse of office is all about. Some of them also come under what we call \"offences against public authority\"! They all involve offences that affect public funds adversely. Where you have stolen or, through your actions, the public has lost money and, in some instances actually, you have received the money and it is in your pockets. This House has already passed similar offences under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act which, under Section 48 of the Act, the additional monetary fines are provided for. They are deliberately punitive because they are focused on the amount you may have pocketed so that, at the end of the day, you do not get any benefit out of what you may have pocketed, or out of what you may have caused the public to lose. The offence of abuse of office appears both under the Penal Code and also under the Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. There are many other offences of that nature which also appear under both Acts. Now, the whole purpose of what is described as \"additional fines\" under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act is to harmonise so that, whether you are charged under the Penal Code or under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, at least, you face the same penalties. So, that is the intention and purpose of these amendments. It is very technical in nature, but it is the harmonisation of our laws."
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