{"id":249779,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/249779/?format=json","text_counter":435,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ms. Karua","speaker_title":"The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs","speaker":{"id":166,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari Karua","slug":"martha-karua"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to oppose the amendment by the Committee and to support the arguments by the Attorney-General. By the Attorney-General refusing the proposed amendment, we are saying that those who aid and abet corruption are not principal offenders. This is a well known principle even within the Penal Code; that a person who aids or abets is as guilty of an offence as a person who commits it. I think it is important that we stick to the principles of law that we have upheld in other laws. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to support the arguments by the Attorney- General by"}