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    "id": 555515,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing I noticed here is that we have not defined the level of crimes. We need to establish why you are in prison. We have not defined serious crimes. We must believe in our legal system and appreciate that there are cases which are not transferable. I also conversely believe that countries where our people commit crimes believe in their legal system, particularly regarding crimes that are very serious. Therefore, we have to be very careful about what we are doing through this Bill. It can put us in a position where we might be transferring bad people to our country as much as they may be Kenyans. If one is in jail because of being a serial killer or rapist, why would we want to transfer such a person back to our country? We know the conditions of our prison. Somebody might escape and harm somebody else within the country. We have to be very careful. You can only be Kenyan if you are a well behaved Kenyan. If you are caught selling illegal drugs to children in China or the USA, even though we love you as a Kenyan, we would not want to bring you back home with the same habit simply because we are sympathetic. We can be sympathetic to you as an individual. But are we being sympathetic to others by bringing you back home to continue committing the same crime? If you are a serial rapist and you are caught in the USA, even if you are Kenyan, why should we bring you back home when we know that you can continue committing the same crimes once you are released from Kenyan jails? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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