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    "content": "or is attributable to the neglect of a person specified above, that person also commits this offence. He is liable to be prosecuted and proceeded against and punished accordingly. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have also in this Bill provided that the person referred to above is a person who at the time of the offence in the corporation, in the case of a body corporate is either a director, secretary, principal officer, manager of the body corporate or in the case of a member of unincorporated body, is a partner or a holder or a member or manager of the unincorporated body or in either case mentioned in (a) and (b), purporting to act in the capacity of a person referred to in the respective paragraph, is also bound by this particular statute. We have finally provided a very critical issue that there is power to award compensation if this Bill becomes law. If a person is convicted of an offence under this Act, the court, in addition to passing any sentence that may otherwise be passed by law, order that that person pays an amount of compensation that the court thinks is reasonable to any person who has suffered financial loss resulting from that particular offence. This is important so that if you are conned by these people, you lose your Kshs100 million, it is not enough for this man just to serve a jail term of ten years when his heirs are enjoying your Kshs100 million. He should be made to be punished in jail and also his property seized so that you are compensated for you to have a return of what you had lost. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to conclude by emphasizing that this Act does not in any way limit or restrict or otherwise affect any rights or claims a person would have had if this Act had not been enacted. I would like to encourage hon. Members, especially Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade who are very sensitive on the issue of the cost of running the Government, to know that the enactment of this Bill shall not, in any way, occasion additional expenditure of public funds. I beg to move and request Mr. Kiptanui to second my Bill. Thank you."
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