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    "id": 505455,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended in subclause 2 by deleting the words “two hundred” appearing immediately after the word “exceeding” and substituting therefor the words “five hundred”. The reason why we are proposing this amendment is that any person convicted of subjecting a person who has been deprived of liberty to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment should not be fined Kshs.200,000. That is too low. He has committed a serious offence. This is a felony. So, we consider it a serious offence. So, it should not be exceeding Kshs.500,000. As we know, people who have been imprisoned or arrested have been subjected to inhuman conditions. Many a time police officers including prison warders get away with serious crimes. So, we want to retain the sentence as “not exceeding two years” but the fine must not be less than Kshs.500,000. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady."
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