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    "id": 587861,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which has good intentions of making Kenya a better place to live in. We all know that in the absence of law confusion sets in. This Bill is trying to address that concern. We do not want to live in a vacuum where confusion is the order of the day, and where everybody’s business becomes nobody’s business. This Bill will address many of those concerns. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank your office for giving me the opportunity to speak to the President of Tanzania concerning an issue relating to what we are dealing with today, the Magistrates’ Courts and their jurisdiction. One Don Bosco has been in the police custody in Tanzania for three years and whenever he is taken to court the court says it has no jurisdiction to handle his case. That has been going on for the last three years. We all hope that this Bill will come into effect, so that it serves Kenyans. I am sure our neighbouring countries, in the spirit of sharing, will copy paste and use this to address concerns like the one my friend Don Bosco is going through in Tanzania. This guy has been in police custody for the last three years without any big action being taken. He needs to be transferred to Kenya to go through the same process in Kenya. We are not saying he is innocent, but he deserves to be treated with fairness. Therefore, this Bill helps in many ways to address concerns such as those cases which might come in future. 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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