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"content": "When we talk about access to justice and the rule of law, this Bill is not the only one that goes in there. When you talk about witness protection, there is a set of complicated issues for which I will not just lament. I am proud to report that I am taking steps. I have successfully, through the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, proposed two Bills that are pending publication. Hopefully, sooner than later, they will be tabled in the House for debate. There is the Protection Against Torture Bill. The anti-torture Bill is important because Kenya is a signatory to the Convention against Torture Treaty, but we have not had a law that deals with those issues. Torture does not start from simple issues. Torture, in its logical end, is often perpetuated by some of our law enforcement officers, security agents and some private actors. Torture conclusively ends up in death and murder of witnesses. Recently, we had the cases of lawyer Willy Kimani and his client in a case in Mavoko. An innocent taxi driver was also caught up in that scenario."
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