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    "id": 649893,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I would like to oppose the amendments that are being proposed by Hon. Tiyah Galgalo. I would like her to listen to me on the reasons why I am opposing. We were talking about the Anti-Doping Bill being an international Bill. You agree that the persons who can engage in doping could be an individual or a body, that is corporate like Athletics Association of Kenya. So, you must understand this in a wholesome manner. You are not only dealing with an individual but even with body corporates which can engage in this sort of thing. By you deleting the “body” and leaving the “person” only, you narrow the sense and purview of the Bill. That is one reason. The second reason is that if you look at the ones you are deleting in parts (a) (ii) (iii) and (iv), you are giving the Agency power. For example, why would you want to delete “someone who fails to comply with any lawful order or direction of the Agency? If you look at (g) “in any way interferes with functioning or operations of the Agency,” why would you want to delete that? You are trying to streamline and take away the powers of the agency that the law has already given it in a manner that is not very fair. The third thing is the way the law has been constructed. The law is saying: “By deleting the words “not less than three million shillings or imprisonment of not less than three years.” It is setting a lower limit by giving a chance to the courts to enhance that particular penalty. By reducing and putting a finite amount, you also deny the court powers. So, it is for those reasons. I am not just opposing for purposes of opposing. I hope you find reason in my opposing and probably drop these amendments. I oppose. Thank you."
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