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    "id": 487302,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/487302/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Hon. Chairlady, I rise to oppose the proposed amendment. I am not saying that the victim should not be given protection, but where the victims are also lying, should it not be at the discretion of the court and not just that somebody must be protected from the media? We have seen this in the past. Secondly, this case might have appeared in the lower courts and those people gave evidence in public. Later, the case might be going to another court and we saw what happened with the Deputy President’s case at The Hague. Somebody went to the Court in Nakuru and said he wants protection. It does not add up. The most important thing for the victim is that it should be at the discretion of the court and not a person just being given a blanket protection and yet, they are lying in front of the court when they have taken the oath. Sometimes, it is good to bring them to the media so that if they are lying, a neighbour can witness to prove that the person is lying. It is important for us to think about it and not just to give people protection by hiding their faces and identity only to give them a leeway to cheat in court. It is important for us also to think about the accused person whom the victim is coming to testify against. We saw what happened when somebody was out-rightly cheating. We want to unmask them, so that another person can come to the rescue of the accused. We do not have an opportunity to do that."
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