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    "id": 894613,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/894613/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13370,
        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44 as read together with the provisions of Standing Order No.212D relating to the Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee, and Standing Order No.127(3A) with respect to public participation on Bills upon publication. My attention has been drawn to misleading information being spread partly by the mainstream media, social media and other individuals regarding the contents of my Bill titled: “The Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes (Amendment) Bill”, which was published on 1st March 2019 and read for the First Time on 20th March 2019. My Bill, which has only two clauses, is amending the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act No.3 of 2003 in order to put in place stiffer penalties. I emphasise that my Bill only has two clauses and is only amending the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, so as to put in place stiffer penalties on those engaging in corruption. My first proposal in the Bill is to have much stiffer penalties than the ones that were passed through the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. I had proposed hanging as a penalty on some threshold of corruption. I propose this legislation in the realisation that currently, a person convicted of an offence under the Act is liable to a fine not exceeding Kshs1 million or an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both. There has been a surge in corruption cases in this country and one way of dealing with corruption is enhancing the consequences of engaging in such activities. Unless the menace of corruption is dealt with, it will continue to hamper the economic growth and development of our country due to loss of public funds. However, there has been a series of attacks on the Bill and the proposer, including misinformation that the Bill is aimed at curtailing the powers of the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). This deliberate misinformation is not only an attack on the Member for Kiharu Constituency, but also an affront to the legislative authority of this House and the individual Members, especially those of us who have more than 30 Bills to our names and more than 100 others whose legislative proposals are in the pipeline. This House has legislated against fake news and use of digital media to mislead the public. The effect of this trend now comes up five-fold as follows: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}