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    "id": 537821,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/537821/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
        "slug": "benjamin-langat"
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    "content": "THAT, Clause 65 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word ―ten‖ appearing immediately after the words ―a period of‖ and substituting therefor ―five‖. Clause 65 reads: ―A person who is convicted of an offence under this Act shall not be eligible to hold a public office or work with an entity owned in whole or in part by the State for a period of ten years following the conviction.‖ I am proposing that we reduce that period from 10 years to five years. This is because it is like you are murdering that person to say if you commit an offence now, you have been punished in a court of law; you have paid the fine and in addition to those ones; you will never work again in any Government Office for a period of ten years. Though we want this thing to be deterrent, we also want the law to be humane enough so that we do not keep somebody out for long. We believe in correction. You correct somebody but do not kill that person."
}