{"id":445767,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/445767/?format=json","text_counter":349,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Nderitu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2546,"legal_name":"Francis Waweru Nderitu","slug":"francis-waweru-nderitu"},"content":"On penalties, I have seen the prescribed penalties, but I still think that the penalties are not punitive enough in some areas. You will find somebody selling scrap metal will serve one-year jail. We should be more serious on this. If we want to curtail theft of road signs in our urban areas and roads, we should re-look at the issue of the penalties and fines. The fines should be commensurate with the tonnage of scrap metal that a person has been caught with. Otherwise, a blanket fine will be to our disadvantage."}