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    "id": 629592,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamau",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 35,
        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
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    "content": "That is to say that if somebody in your house decides to interfere with the supply line, then the licensee will not be liable to incur these expenses. That is to say that, eventually, a consumer will have to make sure that the people who are doing the wiring are people who have proper knowledge of what they do. Sub-clause (4) provides that the Cabinet Secretary shall, upon recommendation by the Authority, make regulation to give effect to the provisions of this section. I do not want to go through the offences, which are quite a number. Unfortunately, they had some issues in the way they were worded. For example, one provides that a person who, unless authorised, opens, breaks or, in any way, interferes with a lock, seal, mark or other fastening, commits an offence. The current penalty says that he or she is liable to not less than Kshs500, 000 or imprisonment for a term not less than six months or both. It can, therefore, be Kshs20 million or Kshs50 million. To us, that was extremely vague because you cannot have a limit on the lower side. Normally, the limit should be on the upper side. The agreement we had with both the Ministry and the stakeholders is that this needs to be revised to bring in a cap of not exceeding Kshs1 million or to a prison term not exceeding two years or both. This will ensure a maximum limit that the courts can put. They are quite a number. Members will familiarise themselves further if they look at the Report from the Committee and they will assist us to make the right decision when the time comes. Finally, just as the Mover of the Bill said, this Bill concerns county governments according to Article 110 of the Constitution. It is an ordinary Bill. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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