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    "id": 861835,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Shamalla Jennifer",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to state that I support and to reiterate the Committee and the Chair’s position that consultations are going to be very important going forward. We had consultations and round table meetings this morning with various parties and one of the things that surprised the Committee was that the Judiciary Fund attempted to seize unclaimed assets. I am using very bold language, but that is what it attempted to do and to usurp the authority of the Unclaimed Assets Authority and the Act that governs it. Had there been further consultations and public participation, it would have been made clearer to them that this was absolutely not right. The enabling legislation does not permit the Judiciary Fund to take over forfeiture assets that are unclaimed. Unclaimed assets include, for example, paid court fines or deposits in court and the persons who paid have passed on. These assets must first be forwarded to the Unclaimed Assets Authority. For these regulations to be purporting or attempting to take over these assets is something quite serious. If there had been further consultations with stakeholders, I am certain they would have realised that they were acting in outright contravention of existing legislation. With those few remarks, I support."
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