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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I must really oppose this proposal. Why? First of all, I think it is a tried constitutional law that you cannot create an offence which will become effective retroactively. But what we are talking about here is not criminal law. It is civil law. In civil law, even the Constitution itself permits this House to enact a legislation that will be effective, retroactively. This section is about a civil process on the issue of unexplained assets. The whole of Section 55 of the Act is what happens in those situations. What happens is that the Commission goes to court under what we call an originating summon. The Commission does not go to court to prosecute under this section. To prosecute an offence, there must be an originating summon. That originating summon, by itself, is a civil process. Therefore, what I am proposing here is constitutional. It is proposed in the interest of fighting corruption and economic crimes effectively, particularly on the issue of explaining unexplained assets. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to oppose."
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