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    "id": 249803,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to oppose the amendment by the Committee. The amendment proposed by the Attorney-General seeks to make it possible to pursue proceeds of past corruption by way of forfeiture of unexplained assets. If anyone has more assets than they can explain how they acquired them, the assets are forfeited to the State. This is a message that corruption does not pay. It has nothing to do with criminal proceedings. This is a simple civil procedure only for economic crime. So, let us not mislead the House that the Constitution prohibits retroactive effects of a law. It is true it does but only for criminal cases. This is a very important provision. Otherwise, this Parliament then should forget about the recovery of the stolen billions. I beg to strongly oppose the amendment by the Committee, which I think is mischievous and support the one by the Attorney-General."
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