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    "id": 472885,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/472885/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "I was also thinking about providing for a fund that is going to help victims, particularly during the trial. At present, if you are a witness in a criminal matter, you will go to court and then ask for what we call your expenses to be defrayed by the court. More often than not, that application will be disallowed, but if we were to expressly provide in the law that expenses of a witness, who is a victim, or a complainant, are going to be provided for by the court--- When we are coming up with a budget for the Judiciary that can be expressly provided for; in my opinion, this will make the system fairer. We have seen in other jurisdictions, for instance in the ICC where the lawyer representing the victims is an integral part of the criminal justice system as opposed to here in Kenya--- When you are watching brief, you cannot talk at all. You cannot even say something. So, this Bill should address this radical imbalance in our criminal justice system, which is now in favour of an accused person and against victims of crime."
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