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"content": "I will go further: In these proposed amendments, we have proposed to amend the Criminal Procedure Code. We have proposed to amend it and my brothers have spoken about it in complete contradiction of our Constitution. And it is not only the Constitution. In the anchor rights that we have protected in our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, we are seeking to amend it. We are seeking to infringe on the express provisions of the Bill or Rights by purporting to delimit the scope under which our citizens are entitled to bail. The Constitution is very clear. That provision in the Constitution and the reason for protecting it from any interference was well founded because the history of this country speaks for itself. These provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code had been abused. The right to bail had been abused. So, Kenyans will suffer and there is history there. For that reason, the drafters and the Kenyans who went out to express themselves on 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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