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    "id": 67069,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, my opinion on this matter is that now that we are going to have a Director of Public Prosecutions, a constitutional office, devoted to nothing else but prosecutions, he should continue to prosecute corruption cases. When the KACC was being constituted, I read a number of documents, some from Transparency International, by experts who had been dealing with this issue and they felt that for mega corruption or any serious crime, it is too dangerous for one institution to be charged with investigative powers plus prosecutorial powers. That power corrupts and absolute power corrupts completely. This applies more to these type of cases. Unless you have checks and balances between the investigator and the prosecutor, some people will be taken to court with very little evidence just because the investigator has the power to prosecute. If the powers are separate, the investigator will be focused on obtaining sufficient evidence to allow that other person to come to the same conclusion and prosecute. So, in the interest of justice, I am still of the opinion that in corruption and serious criminal cases, the distinction between the investigator and the prosecutor should be there. What is important is that the two should work in tandem. While respecting their independent functions, they should work in unison. That is why under the current Constitution you will notice that the Commissioner of Police, for example, is now mandated to act on the request by the Director of Public Prosecutions to investigate. Therefore, to that extent, he is answerable to the Director of Public Prosecutions as opposed to now when he is not even answerable to me at all."
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