Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 473716,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/473716/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 275,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
    },
    "content": "This is a very important Bill. For once, we are going to have two things happening. What has been known all the years that offences are only committed against the State will change. The criminal justice system is based on the idea that offences are only committed against the State. Therefore, you do not have to compensate and once you commit a crime, you are taken to a court of law and then you become the victim. This Bill changes that greatly that if you commit an offence, the courts of law, as they find you guilty, they will also provide and order you to order something. So, for those who commit offences knowing that they will run away from it and that they will bribe the courts and get away with it should know that if an offence is committed and a judge or a court finds you to have committed an offence, you will take care of your victims. This is very important and this is the understanding that we should have going forward on this. Offences affecting victimes can be of various nature and levels. That is why this Bill must be looked into in that regard. In this country, for the last two or three years, we have been treated to so many cases of political detainees, cases that are taking too much time in court that could be sorted out through this framework. This Bill also talks about victims of abuse of power; not just offences. A lot of it happens. Sometimes, even the Members of this Parliament are guilty of that. That is where you are exercising public power and you abuse it. We will ask you to repair, compensate and make it good. This is what this Bill provides for; that for anybody exercising public power, we will ask you to make it good if you do not exercise that power properly. 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."
}