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    "id": 679956,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 64 of 2015) be now read a Second Time. By way of introduction, Kenya had initially been referred to as a high risk area or jurisdiction due to the absence of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing laws. However, in 2009, the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act was enacted. It was supposed to address a number of deficiencies in law, which have weakened many nations in addressing and resolving matters to do with anti-money laundering. Kenya is included. So, the enactment of that law was to curb money laundering by introducing measures of combating those offences. If you look at the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2009, it shows methods in which money laundering is dealt with. It was either through tracing of proceeds within the financial sector, freezing of assets, seizure of assets and, ultimately, through investigative agencies created by the law like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), to recover any assets derived from the proceeds of crime. This can either be terrorism financing, drug trafficking and tax evasion. Any asset which is derived from any proceeds of 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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