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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish to oppose this proposal and I wish the Chairman of the Committee could listen. When we sat with the Committee and proposed the deletion of clause 24, it was on the basis that it was going to be catered for elsewhere as part of coherent flow. It was supposed to form part of another section of this Bill. However, it has not come through. I do not know if the Chairman is changing his mind, or whether it is just an oversight; we agreed that it is an important clause. When you are a victim of crime, sometimes you find that if you go to court for your matter to be heard, your employer puts huddles on your way. You are not given time. Some people have even been dismissed for going to court. So, it is a very important clause that we should not lose. I would encourage the Chairman; I think it is an oversight of the drafters because I know we were working overtime on this Bill, and they may have forgotten to put it in the appropriate place. We basically said that instead of putting it under miscellaneous provisions we provide for it under a substantive section. I want to encourage the Chairman to, please, consider withdrawing the amendment."
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