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    "id": 24923,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I just want to demonstrate that what we are doing cannot be right. The offences which are more serious, the sentences are already spelt out. You cannot make an offence for which a sentence has not been provided for. It is more serious. The ones which are provided for are more serious. For example, for the elections offences under clause 68, the punishment is Kshs1 million or a term sentence not exceeding five years. Then, it also says that a person who is convicted of an offence under this part is not eligible to be registered as a voter and cannot vote at any election. For this specific offence, the punishment is lighter than the ones for which offences are not provided for. It makes sense that this should be five years. I can tell you that you need to understand this. One of these days, if you are found guilty and you go before a judge who, by just looking at your face, sees that you have not committed an offence but he says: “You look like a criminal.” Then, you are made to suffer for 15 years, and you have already served a jail sentence or probably paid a fine of Kshs1 million. I think that there will be no sense of justice in that kind of situation."
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