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    "id": 511005,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "to stand trial in an international court. When we went to the international court in Kosovo, Pristine, we had to bring back the Kenyan to be extradited properly, which never happened. He went scot free. The extradition law can affect any Kenyan; relatives of Members here can be extradited to stand trial in another jurisdiction; if the process is not properly done, somebody may suffer. It also happens under the Rent Restrictions Act. I am sure most of the Members here and many Kenyans are landlords. If you do not know the real details of the people living in your premises, activities related to terrorism may take place there as it happened at the Westgate. That happened because we did not have details of the occupants. This is a good Bill. If it not passed, anyone can use the loopholes. If we do not have proper laws, then we are not assisting the country at all. If we do not prepare for terrorism, which is a new crime in the world and Kenya is hard hit now, we will not secure our people. I lost a constituent at the Westgate attack and it was very difficult on me as a Member of the National Assembly. I bore almost the total bill for burying that person. We need to have proper laws and we have to re-look into this Bill, so that it is well done, so that it can serve the right purpose. I am hoping that it is not being brought in mischievously, or somebody is not likely to take advantage of it and mistreat political opponents, as an hon. Member said earlier today. If we do not take care, somebody can take advantage and declare a political opponent a terrorist, for example. Using the same law that we want to pass here, somebody might take advantage of you politically. I had an opportunity to handle matters in 2002 where during the KANU era, robbery with violence charge was used against opponents and they would be locked up without bail. I would make a lot of effort in courts to get them released on bail. On one occasion, I had a matter reduced to simple robbery, so that somebody could go out and participate in nominations. That was used as a political tool. We need to take care, so that some of the proposed amendments are not used as political tools. The issue of the Traffic Act is very serious. A lot of times, diplomatic vehicles get into the country easily through diplomatic agencies. We do not have properly safeguarded laws. Also, in terms of Kenyans coming in, recently, we had a security issue where a lot of Chinese citizens were living in a house here in Kenya without proper documentation. I would like to support this Bill when it is properly amended and we have a right to do so as a House, so that it can serve the greater interest of Kenyans. That is very important. We need to remove any mischief which may have been put in it."
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