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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would have wished to donate more minutes, but because of limitation of time I will just go ahead and reply. First, I would like to thank all the Members for their contributions to this Bill, especially my seconder, Hon. Sankok, who is seated right here. As the author of the Bill, I have learnt several things as far as enriching the fight against corruption is concerned. I am sure even in the subsequent registration we will continue to make this war better and bolder. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Rome was not built in a day. Therefore, any step in the right direction is the right one. I believe there are too many ways of fighting graft, especially economic crimes. We can be in a circus of amending the law every now and then until we get nothing done. I plead with my colleagues that this Bill is very instrumental when it comes to fighting graft, especially on the punitive side of fighting crime. This is because we are increasing the years that one can be jailed from “not more than ten years to not less than ten years.” We are also increasing the fine from “not more than Kshs1 million to not less than Kshs1 million”. We also have an input of stiffer fines. For example, if you steal Kshs1 billion, the fine will be double the gain you get from public coffers. If you cause a loss of Kshs1 billion of public money, the fine would be double that sum. Listening to the majority of my colleagues, time has come for us to direct corruption and the fight against it where it belongs. I commend Members. Because of the nature of our work as the representatives of the people, if anything goes wrong in this country people will point fingers at us, governors, Members of County Assemblies (MCAs), Senators and other persons who have majority support. However, most of the corruption in this country happens beyond the people 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."
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