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    "id": 681738,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/681738/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "I know a relative who is in a Malaysia prison. We have tried to do everything we can to get her out, but it is impossible. She went there for studies, but because of the desire for money, she got involved in drug trafficking. The penalty is very simple; death. She is on death row. We do not know what to do and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cannot intervene because that is their law. In fact, when one is going to the airport, you should not carry a parcel without knowing what is inside. Somebody can request you to take it to a certain destination and innocently you carry it. For example, I may find my friend, Hon. Francis Nyenze, at the airport having been cheated to carry a parcel for someone. You should not take a parcel if you do not know its content. You can find yourself being involved in drug trafficking and then you are told you will get payment later. Those who succeed become rich overnight, but for those who do not, this is a warning. This is one of the Bills we should have passed at the beginning of this Parliament, so that we can sort this out. People have suffered because of the desire of getting rich quickly. They end up being hanged. We had the Goldenberg scandal which involved money laundering which has been going round in circles. We should pass this Bill, so that those who are responsible for the loss of billions of shillings can be charged and imprisoned. Some of them are ailing, but the law should take its course. This country has had a lot of problems in the past. Recently, a Cabinet Secretary was involved in corrupt deals where money changed hands and we do not know what happened. People should work hard for their money through sweat and not through the easy way. This Bill will curb corruption. The Financial Reporting Centre should be delinked completely from the Central Bank of Kenya, so that it can work independently and I think there is such a 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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