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    "id": 853463,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/853463/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2611,
        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
        "slug": "richard-nyagaka-tongi"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman whereas I agree with the amendment as moved by the Chairman. I am concerned with (e) the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-money Laundering Act No.9 of 2009 for being included in the proposed amendment. I think if by including it then it means people who have stolen from the Kenyan public will endure the period of serving in prisons and nothing will happen. What if we have a provision where they will be forced to restitute and give back what they have stolen from the public? For example, I have in mind the former Town Clerk of Nairobi City County who passed on in jail recently. Why did his jail term benefit Kenyans? What if he gave back the money after being found guilty? It would have added more value than him being jailed at our cost and using our money. We did not gain at all because it was a lose-lose situation when he was jailed. It would be better if we had a provision where we recover the money and get the culprits to do hard work like serving the community which probably, will be more humiliating than having to hide them in prison. Those are my thoughts."
}