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    "id": 248933,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I wish to oppose that amendment on two fronts. To begin with, it was not circulated to hon. Members. It is, therefore, not fair to hon. Members. But more substantively, according to Criminal Law, the Republic is always the complainant. Every case filed against an accused person in a criminal case is done so in the name of the Republic. It is the State that is the protector of its citizens. Deleting the word \"Republic\" is trying to make it as though sexual offences are different from other categories of criminal offences where the Republic cannot protect the weak. It would be totally wrong. Maybe, there is a misunderstanding on the use of the word \"Republic\". Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would urge hon. Members to retain the word \"Republic\" and to think of the people who cannot complain on their own. It could be an imbecile, or a person of diminished responsibility or capacity, or someone who is totally under fear. The State is the protector of all citizens. Let the word \"Republic\" remain. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to oppose."
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