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    "id": 539768,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F. K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "is a problem or not. I am not a lawyer, but an economist. I have not seen provisions in terms of how somebody who is unable to pay for services can be assisted. We can insert such provision during the Committee Stage. I have two or three cases where somebody needed help. There was an old man who came to my residence last week. He said that his son, who was suspected to have committed murder, had been held in custody for the last six months. He had no money to get a lawyer. The man had a problem. It was actually a case which we cannot resolve. In this Bill, we should have a provision for people to be provided with essential services for their wellbeing, if they are not able to access such services. Not all of us are able to access such services. A person representing themselves in court may misinterpret the facts of the case. Such person may need a lawyer to assist them. Maybe, during the Committee of the whole House, we should introduce a provision to help people who are not able to access certain services because they do not have the financial assistance. Otherwise, this Bill is okay. Let us move to the next stage. I believe that it will provide us the yardstick with which to measure what people will be doing as compared to the things that are supposed to be done in the current century."
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