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    "id": 231467,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/231467/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 361,
        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended in subsection (1) by deleting paragraph (g). This subsection talks about the witness having a criminal record, particularly a record of crimes of violence and whether the record indicates a risk to the public or if the witness is included in the programme. In other words, a person who has this kind of background will be excluded from the witness protection programme. We are proposing that the Attorney-General should not be the only one who should determine which participants can be availed this programme. Also, many witnesses who have records of crimes of violence are actually some of our best witnesses in terms of the crimes for which we want to enact this law. Therefore, there should not be that exception. That is why I am proposing the amendment."
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