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    "id": 212110,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ahenda",
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        "legal_name": "Paddy Ahenda",
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    "content": "If you look at our Penal Code regarding the legal implications on crimes for which one can face the death penalty, you will find that several of the crimes that bear the death sentence are actually interlinked. That is why repealing or amending the death penalty has triggered off the enactment of several Acts in the Penal Code as contained in this Motion. They are interlinked. It is very difficult to appeal successfully against such a sentence once it is imposed on you. To date, there are several people still lying in our jails with death sentences hanging over their heads. They still do not know when they will be released. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would, therefore, be prudent for the death penalty to be removed from the Penal Code so that anybody who is not found guilty per se can be released forthwith. Hanging someone on a very flimsy reason and yet he cannot prove his innocence or defend himself, is committing a crime against God. When you commit a crime against God, there is no appeal in God's court. People just go to the gallows and die like that. July 25, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 35 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir we would help this country and set a good example, by abolishing the death sentence. This is a chance for the world to know that Kenya has reached a stage whereby we have removed the death penalty in our statutory books so that our people can know that life is sacred, God-given and it can never be taken away from you. With those few remarks, I beg to move. I would like Mr. Mwandawiro to second the Motion."
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