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    "id": 620574,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620574/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1264,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "There is the other issue of lost cases. We have a number of cases that are lost not because of anything else but because of relying on the prosecution. We have seen this in the Attorney- General’s Chamber and in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The public has lost many cases before. There are people who have had cases against the State, and when that happens, most of the time, we realise that the prosecution is not able to build enough evidence. Hence they lost many cases. Currently, there is a series of cases that we are losing through public prosecution. In my view, if at this particular time we enhance public prosecution, we should ensure that we have more support to public prosecution and not necessarily the people who are employed at the public prosecution to defend the State. These are some of the things we ought to have included in the Bill, so that we do not restrict it to individuals but to where there are limitations on the side of the State to prosecute public cases properly. 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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