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    "id": 249773,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I will be September 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3913 very brief. A few minutes ago, there was spirited defence in terms of the wisdom and decision of the House in leaving out the Government within the KACC Advisory Board in 2003. I now hear a total reversal; that in 2003, we made a mistake by including these Sections 26, 27 and 28. The reason behind the inclusion of Sections 26, 27 and 28 as sound. Let me say that if a law is being abused by the implementor, that should not be the reason for deleting the law. That is tantamount to throwing away the baby with the bath water. What we need is to address the issue of the abuse of the law, but the intention of the law must be maintained. For the benefit of the hon. Members of this House, because it is important, as we think of the fight against corruption where \"A\" bribes \"B,\" and \"B\" gets the benefit of the money, it will take us to bring \"A\" and \"B\" together to come and say \"I bribed \"B\". \"A\" will not incriminate himself by saying \"I bribed the other one,\" because bribing is a crime. The only way that we are going to tackle economic crimes is by tracing them from the person who has been bribed through circumstantial evidence, because there is no way the briber and the bribed are ever going to come and give evidence against one another, because they will be incriminating themselves; which is exactly the principle that is being advocated here. So, this principle should be preserved. If we delete these sections, we know who is for the fight against corruption and who does not want the fight against corruption to continue in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to oppose the amendment by the Committee."
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