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    "id": 697500,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/697500/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will try to quicken. As they prosecute, they also become witnesses. It is an important inclusion. In conclusion, I want to look at Clause 14 which establishes a Witness Protection Complaints Committee. This one comes to replace the Witness Protection Appeals Tribunal. This is purely when you want to make a complaint about this agency. This one is also important because the earlier one had only three people: A chair who qualifies to be a judge of the High Court and two others who, in the opinion of the Cabinet Secretary, had experience. That is not a very good qualification. The amendment here brings in a committee of nine members and removes the name “tribunal” and simply calls it a Witness Protection Complaints Committee. This one has a chairperson who qualifies to be a judge, four other people, an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with five years standing; two members of relevant experience on human rights and intelligence and one member who is a retired senior witness protection officer. Hon. Speaker, this is a very important and timely Bill. The amendments proposed here are profound. They are important and this House should second and support those amendments. I second this Bill and I thank you."
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