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    "id": 211204,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ahenda",
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        "legal_name": "Paddy Ahenda",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that was metaphorical. Jesus Christ was hanged for an offence he did not commit. I am trying to put across the point that we should not hang anybody because life is not reversible. Once someone is killed or just dies, he or she will never come back to life to explain what happened. That is how Jesus Christ was killed. He has refused to come back because we are still living here and have this issue in our statutes. Civilisation has to catch up with this country. Life is God-given and only the creator can take it away. I am in no way condoning that we should go out and kill. Those who kill are also wrong as much as those who hang other people at Kamiti Maximum Prison because life can only be taken away by God. Our courts are not set up for revenge purposes. The courts and judges should not promote the adage; \"an eye for an eye.\" That is revenge and it is what we are trying to oppose. We should not revenge in the name of meting out justice. Our jails are also for rehabilitation. How do you revenge for a dead person? We cannot rehabilitate a dead person."
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