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    "id": 505756,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, this is a very good piece of legislation that we have put in. I also want to thank the Committee for the work well done. This is a forward looking piece of legislation to give dignity to the people who are deprived of their liberty. When you are arrested, detained or imprisoned, it does not mean you cease to be a human being. This Bill is just ensuring that all people, whether you are in prison or you are free, still have their dignity. This Bill is going a long way to give respect to human rights. Sometimes people, especially people with disability, when they are detained, they are denied access to medical facilities but this Bill has taken care of that. It is provided in this Bill that they must be treated in a humane way. This is therefore a very important way forward. This Bill has taken care of virtually almost every person including children, women and people with disability. I think we must congratulate the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for the work well done and even the hon. Members who sat in through to make sure that this Bill has gone through. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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