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    "id": 626413,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/626413/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. The amendment is very good and I support it, but we have to have a policy where the AG’s Office acts with expediency, now that we have substituted “shall” with “may”, so that he does not also take forever. It is the responsibility of all of us, beginning with Parliament to ensure that this happens because legal aid is a very important aspect in the country. It is already happening especially for people charged with murder or robbery with violence. Sometimes the AG’s Office provides that person with a counsel, but it is good when it is restructured as it is being done in this Bill. We need to move with speed, so that we do not take a long time having the headquarters in Nairobi and nothing happening in Mombasa, Kisumu, Mandera or other parts of the country. We need to come up with a policy on budgetary allocation to make sure that this section is brought into effect. I support."
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