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    "id": 315102,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/315102/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chachu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Bill and I would like to congratulate my chairman, hon. Bonny Khalwale, for this very important Bill on the prevention of pyramid schemes in this country. Many Kenyans have lost their hard earned incomes to these very dubious schemes. This is total deception. People have been deceived that they will be billionaires overnight when, in fact, they are stealing from them even the little that they have for which they have worked so hard to build over the years. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many Kenyans have lost their assets and resources and as a result, many families have been destroyed. Many young children have lost opportunities to go to school because their parents have lost all the resources that they have built over the years to enable them to get a good education. It is so critical that we have very tough laws and regulations which will ensure that this deception by people who are stealing Kenyans’ hard earned income are brought to book. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish there is a way we can go back to history and even look for a way of punishing these people for crimes that they committed in the past even before this Bill which I am sure will become a law very soon. I think we should have laws that can be enforced with a lot of ease so that our Judiciary, which has been revamped and which many Kenyans have a lot of faith in, would really ensure that this law is enforced and these Kenyans who have lost their resources and who have been"
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