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    "content": "To address aspects where a rival may give false information, the Bill proposes to criminalize giving of false information with a stiff penalty. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Part IV of the Bill talks about investigation of offences. The Bill proposes to give police powers to arrest suspects and subsequently either release them or take them to court within the constitutional provided period of 24 hours. Any further remand beyond the 24 hours will have to be sanctioned by the courts. Given the complexity of the terror related offences, the court, may if satisfied that there is sufficient jurisdiction, remand a suspect for 30 days, on each application but not more than 90 days. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in gathering information, the Bill compels those with relevant information to provide the same to the police. So, this information will not be used to incriminate whoever provides the information. This is in line with the Constitution since by the time the investigation is being carried out, whoever is giving information will not be an accused person and that information will not be used against him or her. This clause is intended to provide information which may lead to unveiling the key perpetrators or in preventing an attack. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bill also makes provision for interception of communication and the admissibility of intercepted communication. The powers of interception are subject to administrative oversight, that a police officer seeking to undertake interception is required to seek written consent of the Inspector-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions before making an application before the court for a warrant to intercept communication. The administrative and judicial oversight will definitely prevent abuse of interception by rogue officers. Further, we propose to include a penalty for failure to follow the process similar to what was provided for in the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) Act. The Independent Police Oversight Authority is now in place and will be able to address any grievances that may be raised on any complaint regarding the abuse of police powers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know this Bill has been on the Floor of the House. This is the third day of its Second Reading and I will not want to really take much time but I just want to say that we have done a lot of consultations with the quarters that were having some fears. We have, in principle, really agreed to mitigate those fears. We will propose some amendments at the Committee Stage to ensure that every Kenyan is brought on board to see that this Bill is passed by the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to allow other Members to contribute, I will end there and say that I beg to support."
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