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    "id": 611290,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Leintomaga",
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- That, Clause 5 be amended— (a) by deleting Subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “(1) The following State officers and persons shall be entitled to use sirens on their motorcades and processions— (a) the President; (b) the Deputy President; (c) the Speakers of Parliament; (d) the Chief Justice; (e) Cabinet Secretaries/Attorney-General/Auditor-General; (f) the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces; (g) the Inspector-General of the National Police Service; (h) former Presidents/Prime Ministers; (b) by deleting Sub-clause (2) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “(2) Subject to the provisions of any other written law, a person, other than the State officers listed in Subsection (1), who uses a siren on a motor vehicle commits an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than one million shillings and not more than two million shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not less than twelve months, or both” We did this as a Committee to avoid misuse of national symbols and avoid creating confusion in the use of sirens and motorcades."
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