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    "id": 295824,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/295824/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I also wish to contribute by opposing this amendment. The reason for allowing the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to exercise power under that is that there are many circumstances under which this may arise. I believe the proposed amendment has focused only on one aspect, and that is with regard to the rights of the accused person. However, the main idea here is to provide for a mechanism of administration of justice, and the court system under our Constitution has an overriding supervisory role in the way the prosecutorial power is exercised. As legislators, rather than trying to anticipate all these circumstances, we are much safer to subsume them to the mechanism of court protection where provisions have been validly made. I would, therefore, plead with the Mover of this amendment to kindly withdraw it."
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