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    "id": 720772,
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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": "technical staff and other staff, upon such terms and conditions as the Attorney General, in consultation with the Salaries Remuneration Commission, approve. (2) The staff referred to in subsection (1) may include deputy directors, assistant directors, forensic and financial investigators, asset managers and other staff as the Agency may determine. (3) In determining the terms and conditions of service for the Agency Director and staff, the Attorney General shall be guided by the following principles- (a) that asset recovery falls in a strategic sector in the administration of justice process of the country and the nature of the service entailed requires commensurate compensation; and, (b) that the nature of the operations of the Agency requires probity, integrity and incorruptibility. (4) The Agency shall, with the approval of the Cabinet Secretary for finance, establish a suitable social security scheme for the Agency Director and staff of the Agency. (5) For the purposes of their functions under the Act, the Agency Director, certified forensic and financial investigators, shall have all the powers, privileges and immunities of a police officer in addition to any other powers they may have under the Act. (6) Any public officer who is transferred or seconded to the Agency under section 53(4) shall be regarded as a member of staff of the Agency and subject to the control and direction of the Agency. (7) The Agency may, with the approval of the Attorney- General, make regulations for the better management, administration and operations of the Agency. This amendment again seeks to strengthen the Asset Recovery Agency by empowering it to appoint professional and technical staff, including having certified financial investigators with all the powers, privileges and immunities of a police officer. Proper investigations are very critical for the implementation of the Agency’s mandate. This means that the Agency may independently identify and appoint persons with specialised skills that they require. Asset recovery is a very tedious and technical matter. You cannot leave it to our normal police officers to go and follow people with billions of shillings. This amendment is giving the Agency the power to appoint a professional and technical team with certified financial investigators. It gives them the powers, privileges and immunities that a police officer enjoys. This is part of the capacity building of the Asset Recovery Agency. 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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