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    "id": 283948,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/283948/?format=api",
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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": "So, in principle, I want to deal with some general amendments that really are not controversial and these deal with the Office of the Attorney-General. As you know, the powers and functions of that office were reduced and limited by the new constitutional dispensation and what used to be prosecutorial powers and the responsibilities of the Attorney-General in regard to the criminal system – those particular powers and functions are now with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). You will find that a large body of these amendments relate to the Office of the Attorney-General and these affect the Advocates Act, the Law Society of Kenya Act, the Public Order Act and the Penal Code which is critical because a lot of the powers which are donated to the Office of the Attorney-General under the old Constitution are found in the Penal Code and again the amendments that affects the Criminal Procedure Code, Chapter 75 of the Laws of Kenya. There is the Evidence Act, the Registration of Persons Act, the Armed Forces Act, the Public Health Act, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – the Attorney-General has some prosecutorial powers under that Act and the Children’s Act. Finally, there is the Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. All those intended amendments are to vest powers on the DPP that were vested on the Attorney-General which are now by dint of the Constitution are with the DPP. So, to that extent, those need not be controversial but as I said at the beginning, there is every reason to look at them especially when it comes to the Committee Stage."
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