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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "We also looked at the issues of remission. I sat in the Power of Mercy Committee where I served for some time before I resigned to go into politics. I know that under Article 133 of the Constitution, that Committee is constituted for purposes of advising the President on who should be granted pardon, who should be given a conditional pardon and who should be either given remission or after you have been convicted whether your sentence can be suspended or not. What we realised in this Bill is that it was giving the same powers to the CS. We felt, as a Committee, that it is not proper to give the CS these powers because the Chair of the Power of Mercy Committee is the Attorney-General. A person who represents the CS in this case would be a member. So, we did not see why, again, this provision would grant the same CS other powers because the Power of Mercy Committee would not be able to prosecute its mandate. Those are some of the amendments that the Committee recommended and I believe that they will come at the right time. However, we said that the Bill, as it is, will require some amendments."
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