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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Omulele",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Omulele",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak to this Motion. At the outset, I would like to oppose this Bill. I oppose it not that it is all bad, but it is my position that if we pass this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill in the status it is in today, we shall actually be allowing some drastic and adverse provisions that will affect our society in the negative. Consistent to that, I would wish to state that this is the classical Bill that we call an oxymoron, in legal parlance. It is an oxymoron because it has some very positive provisions. I would like to point out some of them. I have looked at this Bill and seen the proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, Cap. 75 of the Laws of Kenya and specifically at Section 123 in which we want to relook at the exceptions to the right to bail. We have met a situation in this country where after we promulgated our Constitution and provided that bail is available to all people as a matter of right, we have had a situation where criminals have gone to court and they have been given this bail and they come out to commit even more heinous and serious crimes. They have thumped their noses at society and told us that we cannot do anything. I think it is only fair that we limit a little the circumstance in which people who abuse this kind of right will have access to bail. I know hon. Millie Odhiambo has spoken to the fact that this limitation may be going adverse to the provisions of Article 24 of our Constitution, but we must look at the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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