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    "id": 479382,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/479382/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 444,
        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "He further said that the Judiciary has formed a task force to put a policy on bails and bonds. How can that be a measure? That is a policy that ought to be put in place. My question was very specific. This has got to do with what Article 50 of the Constitution anticipates in terms of fair hearing. Has the Ministry thought about using the provisions of Article 50(h) which is to have an advocate assigned to the accused persons by the State at the expense of the State if substantial injustice would be the result because of this? That is what the Constitution anticipates in that Article. He says that Nairobi has a high number of remandees because of the high number of referral courts. I do not know what “referral courts” in this instance mean. So, the reasons given as measures are just futuristic things. Is there a deliberate effort by the Government to use the provision of Article 50(h) of the Constitution by giving an advocate to the remand prisoners because some of them may not be assured of their right to bail and might not even know of their right to bail? This could be the reason we have many remand prisoners."
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