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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Bill with a reservation on the proposed penalties. In as much as the Bill is timely, it is one that we need to debate and improve on, and where necessary, make amendments that will suite our circumstances. We must ensure that this House will pass a law that is in consonance with our legislative system in the country and what happens in other countries, especially those that subscribe to the Commonwealth form of legislation. The principles in sentencing are such that the court is given discretion. That is the reason we have mitigation before sentencing. You must always plead to the court to say what exactly made you to commit the offence for which you have been convicted and what you have to say in terms of seeking leniency to that particular offence. The problem I have here is that we are amending what was considered to be a good law in terms of stiffer sentence which may actually not be in conformity with our laws. It has been argued that there must be room to the trial court 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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